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Posts Tagged ‘road trips’
Nevada feels like the moon to me. There you are, driving for hours through a hot, dusty desert before you get to the space city of Las Vegas. But there’s a lot to see outside of Vegas: lakes (man-made and naturally created), frontier trails, rock formations, caves, mountains, valleys and craters.
Lake Mead, Nevada Tourism Media Relations via Flickr
Great Basin National Park, Roger Lynn via Flickr
Great Basin National Park, Frank Kovalchek via Flickr
Great Basin National Park, Frank Kovalchek via Flickr
Death Valley National Park, Pascal via Flickr
Death Valley National Park, Rene Rivers via Flickr
Hope you enjoyed!
To see more of Nevada’s National Parks, visit the NPS website.
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Pull out your fleece, grab your gourmet coffee and pack your car. Today we’re heading to Washington, home of Starbucks and the amazing Cascade Range. Washington National Parks are full of great hiking trails, lakes carved by glaciers and the greenest foliage you’ll see anywhere in the world. Enjoy!
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Richard Droker via Flickr
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Kathleen Bennett via Flickr
Mount Rainier National Park, Michael Lehenbauer via Flickr
Lighthouse on San Juan Island National Historic Park, Katie & Ian via Flickr
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Mitch via Flickr
Olympic National Park, Sol Duc Falls, Vicki Rogers via Flickr
For a full list of National Parks located in Washington, click here.
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Today we move north to the beautiful state of Oregon! A sleepy little state, known mostly because of Portland, Oregon is an amazing place to explore nature.
Crater Lake National Park, Roger Meyer via Flickr
Oregon Caves, Lorax Vancouver via Flickr
Lewis and Clark National Park, Michael Cornelius via Flickr
Nez Perce National Park, Stephen A. Wolfe via Flickr
Oregon is lite on National Parks, but has plenty of other beautiful places to enjoy nature. Here are a few images from the coast of Oregon…
Oregon Sunset, Daniel Powell via Flickr
Brookings Coast, Joseph Hunkins via Flickr
Oregon Coast, Dan Dzurisin via Flickr
Hope you enjoyed this tiny look into Oregon’s beautiful parks and beaches!
For more information, visit the website for Oregon National Parks.
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An article on CNN linked to a gallery of images that had me itching to plan our next road trip. So I thought I would share a few images that I found online this week from a few famous national parks. So load up your car with a tent and cooler, and let’s get on the road!
First up, a few images from California National Parks. I have to admit, I’ve been to none of these, but they are on my bucket list.
Yosemite National Park, by K. Moore, via Flickr
Joshua Tree National Park, by Xavier de Jaureguiberry, via Flickr
Redwood National Park, by MizzD, via Flickr
Sequoia National Park, by James W Berk, via Flickr
Muir Woods National Park, by Wright Reading, via Flickr
Kings Canyon, by Satosphere, via Flickr
Hope you enjoyed!
For a full list of California national parks, visit the National Park Service website.
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Summer is traditionally travel season, and the tradition remains strong even in these days of job losses, housing foreclosures and manufacturing downturns.
The upside to families visiting that favorite vacation spot, be it Grandma and Grandpa’s house or a to-die-for cabana on the Pacific near Mazatlan, is that gas prices remain well below 2008’s astronomical $4 a gallon or more.
These prices, which are also sparking a renewed interest in bigger vehicles (think crew-cab trucks and family-sized SUVs like the Ford Flex reviewed on Roadtripsforfamilies.com), average $2.72, offering hope that the family road trip is not a thing of the past (we weren’t all that fond of staycations anyway, were we?). Read more
Parents out there are likely counting down the days until the family vacation. As you prepare for your road trip, you might be worried about making the journey with small children. If you’re taking a long drive, keeping young kids entertained for hours is no easy task. If you have your car equipped with a great DVD system, you’ve got built-in entertainment.
Pioneer is a great electronics company that has a few options available for car DVD systems on any budget. Families with small children often have two main concerns when making a major purchase: cost and kid-friendliness. We picked a couple of Pioneer’s options that get great marks in those areas and the Pioneer folks were kind enough to send us a few details. Read more
CarHelp.com is sponsoring a 47-day road trip featuring the Top 10 Scenic Drives in the Pacific Northwest. Check out Sheri talking about her trip on Fox 13 in Seattle yesterday!
Want to find out more about the road trip? Visit RoadTripsforFamilies.com