Of course, we wanted to visit the country’s most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This park is a day’s drive away from 2/3 of the country’s population. In 2018, the park brought in 11.4 million people. What makes this park so popular? Synchronized fireflies is one reason, but that happens in May, and you have to […]
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A better hike, East Coast style – July 14th
We camped near Acadia National Park because everything we read said there were a lot of great hiking trails in the park. And we think we found the best, a loop to Sargent and Penobscot Mountains. With a sunny morning calling, we packed our lunch, filled our Camelbacks, donned our hiking duds, and set off […]