Next, what on earth were we going to do here? Skiing? Paragliding? Hiking? Yodeling? All of the above? And if, I did in fact, want to find a nice place to get Lederhosen and an Alphorn and then trek to a scenic location to let out a good jodel, where would be the best place to do that? While these were purely hypothetical, of course, these were still questions I needed to answer. So naturally, we went to Grindelwald’s swimming pool.
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24 Hours in North Dakota /
“What if North Dakota is better than South Dakota?” I pondered. “What if this whole idea that North Dakota is a grey, flat, wasteland is just an over-exaggeration? Maybe, people just don’t visit North Dakota because they forget even exists.”
Read MoreIn Search of Snowy Bison (Pt. 3): Bighorns in the Badlands /
Unaware of just how cold it was outside (it was minus 3 Fahrenheit with a serious wind chill on a cloudy day) and coming from the cozy warmth of our car, we weren’t the most prepared for the shock of the outside world. At first, it wasn’t horrible...
Read More24 Hours in Yosemite National Park /
On a dreary Autumn night, I boarded the train to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t even planned on going to Yosemite Valley. Instead, I convinced myself I’d be flying off to the Grand Tetons by way of Jackson Hole, or alternatively, to Teddy Roosevelt National Park via Bismarck, North Dakota. As a plan C, we could always go to Memphis and hit up the Rendezvous. And that’s exactly the way I thought, until I ended up in Yosemite on “Free Park Day” two years in a row.
Read MoreHiking to Papakolea Beach (Hawaii's Green Sand Beach) /
Certainly you’ve heard of white sand beaches and black sand beaches, maybe you’re vaguely familiar with pink sand beaches, but if you’re anything like me you probably never knew a green sand beach existed (there are only four on the planet, so I don’t blame you)! Indeed, 3 miles from any paved road on the Big Island of Hawaii sits a hidden gem, Papakōlea Beach.
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