Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
My last stop was a bust, but when life gives you lemons you adjust and make the best of it. Or lemonade, I don’t know. In this case it afforded me the reason to detour to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The park is split into two separate units, right … Read more
I was having fun in Alabama but the clock is running out on this trip and I needed to start making miles closer towards home. Decided to take a chance on the holidays helping keep crowds down on a last-minute visit to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Campground Weather forecast at Mammoth Cave looks … Read more
My final stop in Mississippi for this journey is at Bear Creek Mound along the Natchez Trace Parkway near Tishomingo. According to the National Park Service sign, this site has been used by humans going back 10,000 years: “The village site was occupied as early as 8000 B.C. by hunters who stayed only long enough … Read more
img alt tags Pharr Mounds is the next stop on my Natchez Trace Parkway exploration at milepost 286. Quote from the entrance sign: Pharr Mounds is the largest and most important archaeological site in northern Mississippi. Eight large dome-shaped burial mounds are scattered over an area of 90 acres (100 football fields). These mounds were … Read more
Made a brief stop at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center in Tupelo, Mississippi to learn more about the history and culture highlighted along the route. If you have the time I strongly recommend watching the educational film detailing what the Trace is, historic use, culture, and the modern Parkway. There is a large history … Read more
Weather today is again surprisingly hot for October reaching highs above 90°F. Decided to combat that by finding higher elevation at Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas. There are several access points to the summit; I started from the Cameron Bluff Campground trail head. The trail is very well marked and maintained, and includes an … Read more
My final stop before reaching the Gila Wilderness was at Capulin Volcano National Monument, a large extinct cinder cone volcano that you can drive up to in Capulin, New Mexico. My only mistake was stopping at the entrance sign to get these two photos. Trucks for scale. See that red truck in the first image? … Read more
Getting closer to New Mexico and the miles are flying by. Needed another distraction on a rather boring drive in SE Colorado. Interestingly enough I stopped at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site which has connections to my last stop at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Gaining access is quite easy – just park … Read more
Starting my final day of driving towards New Mexico, I found myself crossing southeast Colorado. Not much out this way but I did spot the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site on my map and decided that I’d give it a go. This is a very remote site and out of my way but not … Read more
A little less than 100 miles from my last stop I made a point to visit Nicodemus National Historic Site in Nicodemus Township, Kansas. Why? Nicodemus is the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction period. Quite simply, this is a living & breathing town that irrefutably proves Black lives and … Read more