My wife and I decided to hike Half Dome back in January, so we got permits for the back country, which you can read about in my post about back country permits. Because of how we were feeling and scheduling issues, we decided to stay in Yosemite Valley and explore other activities and smaller hikes …
Allyse has never been and it has been quite a while since I last went, so Allyse and I are planning on hiking Half Dome and the Mist Trail this summer during July. We will be starting from Happy Isles trailhead staying our first night on the trail in Illilouette. We will then spend a …
This is a great idea for people going to or looking at visiting national parks. National parks sell a small navy blue book that hold a little synopsis of each national park split up into regions. The book also contains spaces for specialized stamps that can be found in the gift shops of all of …
I didn’t completely understand how permits worked for some of these trips when we went to Silver Lake. I have a National Parks year pass, which also gets me into national forest and public lands, so I was able to get into the Unitas and Wasatch National Forests for free. When we got to the …
I have already posted about going to Disneyland and my thoughts about park tickets because I went to Disneyland Summer of 2017. I recently went during the summer of 2018 and Disney made some changes to the Fastpass system that have some very significant consequences. They have a new system called Maxpass. With everything being …
I love going to Disneyland and I have many fond memories of going with friends and family. It has always been fun to walk around and enjoy the theatrics of Disneyland. It looks amazing and holds a dear place in my heart as well as others. There is an argument for whether getting a park …