I’ve hiked on, climbed on, and gazed at some incredible glaciers in Oregon, Washington, Alaska but Iceland’s glaciers? Come on, the country’s name implies just how epic and the ice is and…
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Yosemite Valley is just a tiny part of the total National Park (seriously, it’s like 1% of the area) and yet it’s where the vast majority of visitors head. Crowded as this…
After a late winter, Spring has most certainly rolled into the Pacific Northwest and things look great! Actually, it may be a little too nice out there, at least for those of us…
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The Alaska Cruise: An Adventure Traveler’s Take on Cruising the Inside Passage & Glacier Bay
All you can eat buffets, shuffleboard, formal dining, air-conditioned driving tour; though nice indulgences, multi-thousand passenger cruise ships are hardly known as an adventurous experience. But at the same time, what better…
2018 Update: As of late May, lava flows from the devastating Kilauea Volcano eruptions of have reached the ocean. While conditions vary by day and even by hour, a few local operators have resumed…
Quick update: Lava flows have changed as of early 2018 with the water entry cooling down while surface flows have picked up. You can still reach the same viewpoints explained here but…
Most of Crater Lake’s 650,000 annual visitors show up in the busy summer months and why not, the lake views are stunning, the hiking options endless and the temperatures are warm enough that…