National Parks

This is a guest post from Mitch Stevens, founder and lead guide of Southwest Discoveries. Based out of Tucson, Arizona, Southwest Discoveries…

How the Junior Ranger Program Teaches Children to Become Advocates for their Environment The first time I set foot in a National…

Hiking in the southwest offers some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth. Deep canyons, roaring rivers, majestic rock formations,…

This is a guest post from Mitch Stevens, founder and lead guide of Southwest Discoveries. Based out of Tucson, Arizona, Southwest Discoveries…

Back in 2009, I was able to finally cross something big off my bucket list – to see an active…

In celebration of the National Park Service’s (NPS) 100th birthday, I decided to put together a quiz, to see how…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to stand in Death Valley during the heat of the summer.…

Zion National Park in Utah is one of my favorite parks. From the red sandstone cliffs, the amazing slot canyon…

My first visit to a national park was in 1995. I was traveling with my boyfriend’s (now husband’s) family, as…

It all started with a trip to the Visitor’s Center on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was…

Anyone who has ever been to Yosemite National Park knows that there are an endless amount of reasons why one…

Did you know that there is a home at the bottom of the Grand Canyon? Although the family no longer…

For this week’s inspiration, I came up with a few photos from Yosemite and added some of John Muir’s best…