National Parks

Voyageurs NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE Any time there is a possibility of road tripping...grad school? moving? conference? wedding?, we check out the route and see if it's possible to "swing…

Saguaro NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE Saguaro was our third and final stop on our Amtrak's Southwest Chief trip following Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon South Rim.  And this is the park that deepened…

Grand Canyon(South Rim) NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE Grand Canyon South Rim was our second stop on our Amtrak's Southwest Chief trip.  A spontaneous decision led to the events of this…

Petrified Forest NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE Petrified Forest National Park was our first stop after deboarding Amtrak's Southwest Chief.  We'd never spent much time in Arizona, so we were going…

The Southwest Chief Rail Trip We decided to swap a road trip for a rail trip aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief!  Too often we view the destination as the journey, but what…

Olympic NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE Did you know that North America has a rain forest?!?!  The first time I heard this while living in Portland, Oregon, I knew I had…

Glacier NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE The National Park Service calls Glacier the "Crown of the Continent" and this is not an understatement.  We actually had three whole days to explore,…

The I-94 Road Trip This was the final cross-country adventure during my 2-year tenure in Ann Arbor, Michigan while I earned my Masters in Architecture.  So far, I had traversed…

The I-90 Road Trip This was one of (3) cross-country adventures during my 2-year tenure in Ann Arbor, Michigan while I earned my Masters in Architecture.  This would also begin…

Grand Teton (in the spring) NATIONAL PARK By DIENEKE note: I have had the great fortune to visit The Tetons twice!  Check this post out for a completely different experience…