USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii)
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, bringing the US into WW2....
Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks Giant Trees
These two parks are located adjacent to each other in the Sierra Nevada mountains and are quite similar. Both parks...
The Land of Big Trees (USA)
Sequoia National Park and King’s Canyon National Park have many huge sequoias. Where else can you drive through a tree?...
More critters from Yosemite/Sequoia area
A previous post covered some of the larger animals in the Yosemite/Sequoia/King’s Canyon Natoall Parks areas. There are also many varieties...
Volcano biking
A very unusual activity you can do on Maui is seeing the sunrise from the top of a volcano (at...
Yellowstone waterfalls
Yellowstone, which is the first US National Park, has dozens of waterfalls and cascades. They range from small (10-20 feet...
