I never should have made it here. Three and a half years ago, my life was going in a very different direction: I lived in a big city, I sold software over the […]

Arctic Alaska is easily one of the most remote regions in the world: there are no roads, no trails, and no signs of mankind anywhere. It is isolating, but also beautiful: the lack […]

Full of giant mountains, dramatic valleys, and roaring rivers, Denali National Park in is a celebration of everything that makes Alaska great. Alaska can be a daunting place to visit: it is more […]

Visited by only 25,000 people per year, this Park is no Yellowstone: it is comically difficult to reach, has enough mosquitoes to make you question God, and most importantly is the one and […]

For my 57th National Park, I ditch my cowboy hat and hiking boots and head into the wilderness of downtown Saint Louis. Previously known as the Jefferson National Expansion Monument, Gateway Arch National […]

America’s newest National Park takes us to Indiana, where on the shores of Lake Michigan an increasingly fragile ecosystem is maintained and protected. On February 15th, 2019, Donald Trump officially elevated the Indiana […]

Alaska’s second most popular National Park exists not on a mountain, valley, or some other obscure remote location but rather on an easily reachable body of water near the Gulf of Alaska. Commonly […]

Adventure is driving 5 hours through rural Alaskan countryside to reach an abandoned dirt parking lot…at least that’s what I told myself as I prepared to enter America’s largest and most daunting National […]

Remote with a healthy mix of beauty and danger, Lake Clark is in many ways emblematic of everything that Alaska has to offer to the outdoor enthusiast This year’s Alaska trip starts with […]

Centered on the dormant volcano of the same name, Haleakala National Park is a beautifully rugged landscape that stands dramatically over the island of Maui. While there have been longer drives on my […]

Characterized by a scarred landscape created by over a million years of volcanic activity, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park represents one of the most dramatic and distinct environments in the US National Park system. […]

Full of uncertainty over what I might find, I traveled all the way across the country to visit the U.S. Virgin Islands, a beautiful region that only 6 months prior had been absolutely […]