Acadia National Park lies along Maine’s midwest coast, just south of Bar Harbor. It is the only national park in the northeast, but with a park this amazing, who needs another? Acadia National Park spans a huge portion of Mount Desert Island (pronounced like dessert), part of the Schoodic peninsula (the only part attached to […]
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Bar Harbor, Maine: Welcome to Vacationland
I didn’t know that Maine’s unofficial nickname was “Vacationland” until Brian and I visited Bar Harbor this summer. Ostensibly, it refers to all of Maine, but the slogan felt especially apt for Bar Harbor, a compact little town full of shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors, and of course, tons of milling tourists! This adorable resort […]
Channel Islands National Park: Is It Worth It?
The Channel Islands national park is an archipelago of islands about an hour and a half away (by sea) from Ventura, California. The islands are beautiful, but if you’re coming just for this, it might be a little disappointing. That sounds harsh, but they are hard to get to unless you’re local to the area. […]
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Western Colorado is not quite as hard to get to as Big Bend, but it’s not exactly a walk in the park, either. (Except, it kind of is.) The nearest airport is Montrose Regional airport, which is just 21 minutes away. However, if you’re making a special effort to […]
Have You Heard of the Plitvice Lakes?
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia When I started planning our trip to Croatia, I only knew I wanted to go to Dubrovnik. But I was really surprised at how many other awesome places Croatia is filled with! Dubrovnik was actually our least favorite, and it was fabulous so that says a lot about the other […]