Great Smokies, Great Colors 11/7 – 11/10

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 […]

Newfoundland – Gros Morne National Park- 8/25-8/29

As we ventured off the ferry at Port aux Basque and drove up the western sloped land, rocky and sparsely treed with occasional signs of habitation, Newfoundland struck us like Iceland. There were vast spaces of rocks and scrub and trees, homes sites out by themselves and designed for winter, and occasional combo gas/restaurant/stores. I […]