National Parks
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Patagonia, Chile – 50 Miles of Beauty
The biggest pre-planned activity in Chile was the Patagonia W Trek – a 50+ mile multiday hike through the famous Torres del Paine Chilean national park. We started the trip from Santiago where we met up with Rahul, Jonathan and Ferrona – friends who flew in from Boston and San Francisco respectively to hike the Continue reading
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Shenandoah National Park, VA – Herbert Hoover Hid Here
A quick 2hr drive from DC, getting to Shenandoah was a breeze – I can see how it would be an excellent weekend trip from the city were we to live in the capitol. The park itself is essentially a 70 mile road through the Appalachian mountains, spanning the entire western border of Virginia with Continue reading
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Burlington, VT + Acadia, ME – Okayish National Park
As we left Cincinnati, we we’re already dreading the amount of driving ahead of us before the next flagship stop – Acadia National Park in northeastern Maine. This is roughly an 18hr drive straight, but we decided to break it up a bit and stop a night each in Buffalo and Burlington along the way Continue reading
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Grand Teton, WY + Mt Rushmore, SD + Badlands, SD – Water, Earth, Fire & Air
It’s a pretty easy drive from Yellowstone to Grand Teton – in fact I’m not sure we realized we were leaving Yellowstone until we saw the mountains peeking out on our right. Once that happened though, we knew that most likely we’ve gotten close to Grand Teton… or that we went the completely wrong way Continue reading
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Yellowstone National Park, WY – Buffalo Backups Everywhere
After a medium day of driving from Glacier to Yellowstone, we arrived at our campsite for the next 3 days – Mammoth Campground. This northwestern-most campground was one of the nicest places we stayed throughout the trip, and it was a short walk away from the bougiest national park town we’ve ever been in. Mammoth Continue reading
Rachel & Radu Retire (ish) 