Traveling more is a common New Year’s resolution for many people. Every year, we use the New Year as a opportunity to reset and reevaluate our goals when it comes to living a life of adventure. We’ve got 21 ideas for New Years resolutions for travelers and vanlifers to make 2021 the best year yet!
Read MoreIn October, we spent a day enjoying Snow Canyon State Park, near St. George, Utah. One of the neatest parts about Snow Canyon is that there is volcanic rock, lava tubes, and extinct cinder cones, alongside water-carved Navajo sandstone and sand dunes.
Read MoreThe second oldest tree in the world is located in the White Mountains in the Inyo National Forest of California. Somewhere within the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, there is a tree that was alive when the pyramids were built—the Methuselah Tree. While we were traveling along the California-Nevada border, we were hoping to pay a visit this 4,848 year old tree.
Read MoreIf you are traveling through the desert of Nevada, you’re not going to want to miss these two strange roadside attractions. One is a ghost town, which was only inhabited for one year, and the other is a somewhat ghostly arrangement of cars buried upright in the ground.
Read MoreDeath Valley is a land of contrasts, and it is probably one of the most unique national parks that we have visited. It holds the honor of being the hottest place on Earth. The lowest place in North America, Badwater Basin, is found in the park at 282 below sea level, but the mountains in the park rise to over 11,000 feet in elevation. There are white salt flats, gargoyle-esque formations of salt crystals, massive sand dunes, eroded badlands, and colorful mountains.
Read MoreOnly 17 miles from Sin City, there is a natural reprieve from the glitter and noise of the Strip. Red Rock Canyon has stunning 3,000-foot red sandstone cliffs and formations. By far our favorite place in Red Rock Canyon was the Ice Box Canyon Hike.
Read MoreDuring our time in Las Vegas, we witnessed a shooting fireballs, a street fight, a gallery of only food photography, and so many palm trees. We ate pineapple soft serve, Hawaiian food, and Pina Coladas, after a harrowing encounter with a gunman on our run in Lovell Canyon. What happens in Vegas…
Read MoreCathedral Gorge State Park is about three hours from Las Vegas. What’s great about that is that you can actually see most of this park in a day! The main features of the park are extremely narrow slot canyons of eroded bentonite clay known as the “caves.”
Read MoreAbout an hour from Las Vegas is a state park that might just outshine the strip. Valley of Fire State Park takes its name from the red striated sandstone formations found throughout the park.
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