DAY 287 – Th 7/14: Banff > Lake Louise > Icefield Parkway (39,525.2) I hit the road at 4am in order to get to Moraine Lake in time for the sunrise. That, I’d heard, is the best time to get an ethereal photo of the day’s first light illuminating the mountain peaks and reflecting their… Continue reading Moraine Lake at Sunrise
Category: National Parks
Arches National Park
DAY 225 – F 5/13: Arches National Park (32,251.7) Arches has a new timed entry system that gets booked up months in advance and that starts at 6am. I found the loophole: the park is open 24/7, so if you get to the entrance station before six, you can easily slide on in. So I… Continue reading Arches National Park
Grand Canyon – Rim to River to Rim
DAY 200 – EASTER SUNDAY 4/17: Grand Canyon National Park (28,350.1) Today I embarked on an epic hike, a 19.2 mile “Rim-to-Rim” hike in the Grand Canyon, down to the Colorado and back (the barista at the Park tavern would later say that purists would call my hike a “Rim-to-River” hike bc I stayed on… Continue reading Grand Canyon – Rim to River to Rim
