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2025 - National Parks in the Dakotas | All Travel | National Parks | North Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt (ND) | United States

One Perfect Day in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
ByNadya B November 1, 2025October 19, 2025

[TRNP, Jun 15, 2025] Our long travel day yesterday and the late night with the Medora Musical meant that we had to sleep in this morning. But once we got breakfasted and caffeinated, it was time to explore the south unit of TRNP. The entrance station was literally a quarter mile from our hotel in…

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2023 - Great Smokies and Charlotte, NC | All Travel | Great Smoky Mountains (TN) | National Parks | North Carolina | United States

A Bear-y Good Start to the Great Smoky Mountains
ByNadya B March 30, 2024April 9, 2026

[Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Oct 10, 2023] Once upon a time, the 6 of us lived in LA and ran every Saturday together to train for the LA marathon. Four of us knew each other from business school, and the other 2 were Olivia’s friends that eventually became ours, too. Over the years, a…

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2018 - WA National Parks/Ragnar | All Travel | Mt Rainier (WA) | National Parks | United States | Washington

Hide and Seek with Mt. Rainier
ByNadya B September 6, 2018February 12, 2021

[Mt Rainier national park, July 21, 2018] For our day in Mt. Rainier national park, we picked the most popular trail in the park – Skyline trail. At only 5.3 miles with 1700 ft of elevation gain, it’s not terribly demanding, although you are bound to feel the effects of high altitude – the trail…

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2018 - Easter Weekend (CA) | All Travel | California | Channel Islands (CA) | National Parks | United States

Channels Islands National Park – Anacapa
ByNadya B March 29, 2018February 12, 2021

[Channels Islands National Park – Anacapa Island, March 29, 2018] The five islands that make up Channel Islands national park sit just off the coast of Ventura, CA. They had been on my list for a long time, but their proximity meant that I prioritized other national parks before them. With a four-day weekend for…

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2017 - Florida Xmas | All Travel | Florida | United States

Zoological Wildlife Foundation – Miami
ByNadya B December 29, 2017December 23, 2020

[Miami, FL, Fri, Dec 29, 2017] For my Christmas present, B cooked up a major surprise. He had me completely confused – he said to not wear any jewelry, wear something comfortable and bring my big camera. I was trying to figure out where he could be taking me given those requirements, but it wasn’t…

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