During a brief trip to upstate New York, we happened upon a tiny gem of the Adirondacks. The town of Long Lake was named after the 14-mile long lake that rests besides it. It’s one of the original towns created in the expansive 6 million acres state forest, established in the 1830s. The town of Long Lake is one the
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Have you ever wanted to go sledding but couldn’t stand the cold? Look no further than White Sands National Park, the newest park in the USA, established in 2019. The park has the largest gypsum sand dune field in the entire world making it a rare beauty to see. After a wondrous underground exploration in Carlsbad we head back west
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On a quiet Friday afternoon we took off towards New Mexico. The destination? A little city located within the Chihuahuan Desert. Home to over 119 natural underground caves, CarlsBad Caverns became a national park in 1930. The drive in from Arizona was beautiful. We drove through vast desert and windy mountains while passing through the various cities along the way.
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People on Reddit and all over Facebook activity ask, “This is my first long hike, what can I do to get my body ready?” and the answers can be quite simple but not always common sense. In this article I intend to layout 3 key things you can and should do to prep for your next big hike. Do keep
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While out and about on a few grubhub deliveries, I passed by a trailhead and had decided to stop and check it out. Taking note of the map signage I realized I probably wasn’t going to be able to hike the entire thing. However, I wanted to see what was inside! The trail was clearly very well maintained, as there
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