Cuyahoga Valley is a different kind of national park. It is woven into the urban sprawl between Cleveland and Akron, OH. In many places, you can convince yourself that you are away from it all,
Great Smoky Mountains is the most heavily visited national park in the system with more than 1 million visitors per month in the busy season. My experience definitely confirmed that. I visited during the early
Congaree is the 15th National Park I’ve visited since 2012 and I hate to say it, but it is my least favorite experience so far. I didn’t set this trip up for success.
Growing up, Theodore Roosevelt National Park was the park next door. I grew up in eastern North Dakota, a relatively short drive from the park. I moved away from North Dakota when I was 23,
