National Park – Make Like An Ape Man

Channel Islands National Park

Posted by Duwan Posted on May 26, 2022 8 Comments

Posted in Birding, California, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged California, Channel Islands, endemic species, hiking, National Park, van life, Wildlife

April 27, 2022. Channel Islands National Park is free to visit, and has stunning views, super cute wildlife, and endemic species that you won’t see anywhere else in the world. Yet they are one of the 25% of least visited…

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Posted by Duwan Posted on November 5, 2020 26 Comments

Posted in Birding, National Park Service, North Dakota, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged badlands, birding, Birds, National Park, petrified wood, Rocks, wild horses, Wildlife

September 18 – 23, 2020. I had never heard about Theodore Roosevelt National Park until this past winter. We were in Southern California at the time and North Dakota where the park is located seemed so far away. Never-the-less I…

Yellowstone National Park

Posted by Duwan Posted on October 12, 2020 14 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States, Wyoming Tagged geyser, hiking, hotspring, mudpot, National Park, Volcano, waterfall, Wildlife, Wyoming

July 4 & July 22 – July 30, 2020. One thing I found rather curious about Yellowstone National Park is how many people I saw fishing. I imagine someone’s significant other coming home and saying, “Honey I just booked us…

Bryce Canyon National Park

Posted by Duwan Posted on June 15, 2020 15 Comments

Posted in Birding, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States, Utah Tagged birding, hiking, Kayaking, National Park, Rocks, travel, van life, vanlife, Wildlife

May 27 – June 2, 2020. Bryce Canyon National Park is full of interesting birds, beautiful flowers, adorable critters, and oh yeah – lotsa amazing rocks! Although we have been to Utah many times we had never visited Bryce since…

On to New Orleans

Posted by Duwan Posted on February 12, 2020 1 Comment

Posted in Louisiana, Mississippi, National Park Service, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged black history, Hike, Holiday Celebration, Louisianna Tradition, National Park, new orleans, NPS, Plantation, Science Center, Wildlife

December 18 – 24, 2019. I may have mentioned before that I have a niece, Ariadne, who lives in New Orleans. Whenever we pass by her way we stop to visit. We always do something fun and completely different from…

Knoxville Rocks and Bombs

Posted by Duwan Posted on December 27, 2019 8 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, Tennessee, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Knoxville, Manhattan Project National Historic Park, Music, National Park, Science

November 5 – 17, 2019. On November 5th we found ourselves at Greg’s parents’ house in Denver, NC – again – the third time in one month. We assumed that by this time we would be somewhere in the midwest…

North Through the Carolinas

Posted by Duwan Posted on December 2, 2019 8 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, North Carolina, South Carolina, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Cypress Trees, Kayaking, National Park, Swamp

October 11 – 18, 2019. This fall, instead of our usual trek out west I decided I wanted to do something completely different. In October when most travelers are heading south to the toasty climates of Florida and Arizona, I…

Ancestral Pueblos

Posted by Greg Posted on July 15, 2019 6 Comments

Posted in Arizona, Colorado, National Park Service, New Mexico, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Arizona, Bandelier, Cliff Dwellings, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Mesa Verde, National Monument, National Park, Native American Ruins, Native Americans, Navajo National Monument, New Mexico, Pit Houses, van life, vanlife

April 24, 27, 28, & May 1, 2019. Last spring we visited Mesa Verde National Park, and Bandelier and Navajo National Monuments. These sites contain prehistoric dwellings of the ancestral Pueblo peoples. I’m combining the three sites into one post….

Carlsbad Caverns

Posted by Greg Posted on November 26, 2018 6 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, New Mexico, Travel On The Dirt, United States Tagged Carlsbad Caverns, Cave, Caverns, National Park, New Mexico, NPS

October 28 – 29, 2018. “We know exactly how old these are”, said the ranger as we went through the entrance into the King’s Palace in Carlsbad Caverns. “This entrance was blown open using dynamite in 1932. These stalactites started…

Friends, Family, Shenadoah NP, & Avoiding Flo

Posted by Duwan Posted on October 8, 2018 10 Comments

Posted in National Park Service, United States, Virginia Tagged caterpillar, lizard, monarch chrysalis, National Park, NPS, screech owl, Shenadoah National Park, Virginia, waterfall

So here is a little thing we do sometimes – we tell a different story in the picture captions than we do in the body of the blog. This is exactly what we are doing with the blog post you…