Category: USA
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Watkins Glen- A Finger Lakes Favorite
With the pandemic limiting our travel experiences, more Americans are beginning to discover beautiful places to explore close to home. One of the more popular of these locations is Watkins Glen State Park, located just off of Seneca Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upper New York. Only four and a half hours…
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Top Five Must See Locations in Yellowstone National Park
As the first and arguably most famous of the American National Parks, Yellowstone provides a huge and varied landscape of lakes, canyons and geothermal features- making it one of the most unique national parks! It can be a little overwhelming when planning a visit, so I’ve compiled a list of my five must-see locations. West…
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Goblin Valley- A Hidden Gem of Geological Delight
Less than two hours from Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park sits the vastly less popular Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. Millions of years of uneven erosion on rock layers of varying hardness caused unearthly mushroom like shapes called “hoodoos”, otherwise known as the Goblins that give this park its name! We didn’t have…
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The Wild Ponies of Assateague Island
Just a four hour drive from New York City, wild ponies roam free on an island paradise. Many horse enthusiasts may have heard the story of Misty of Chincoteague from the beloved children’s book based on the feral ponies in this very area! While Chincoteague is more popular thanks to the story and their annual…