Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Believe it or not, Great Smoky National Park is the most visited national park in the country, with over 11 million visitors annually. This park lies on the Tennessee/ North Carolina state line, and is pretty much equally split between the two states. My friend and I explored a small portion of the Tennessee side […]

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park borders Jackson Hole, Wyoming and lies just south of Yellowstone National Park. It’s an easy 4.5-hour drive from Salt Lake, and I was lucky enough to explore the Tetons with my brother while he was visiting me in Utah. Side note: after writing a few blogs, I’ve started to notice a […]

Washington National Parks

This was another one of our trips planned by a cheap flight deal from Salt Lake. There are three national parks in Washington: Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades National Parks. All three parks are a reasonable drive from Seattle. Olympic Our first stop on our fall road trip was Olympic National Park. This is […]

Zion National Park

Zion National Park was technically the second National Park I visited, but it was the first park I traveled to after I started my goal of visiting all the National Parks in the United States. My brother and I traveled to Zion together on a spontaneous trip in May of 2015. Knowing what I know […]