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My family tree can be traced through the Land Between the Lakes and the Shawnee National Forest regions of West Kentucky and Southern Illinois. I have been obsessed with traveling the Nation's National and State Parks my entire life.

This is a great partner hike if you're exploring outside of Louisville, the rolling hills and cobblestone creek beds make for a scenic drive to and from the trail head.

Its cool to get to see all the history, then take a great swim at this smaller beach. I guess a photography excursion is worth it, but come here for the beach.

This hike is worth the effort and is a right of passage of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I have visited it in all seasons.

great views as you get deeper into the Smoky Mountains. Most people take this road through or out of the park area.

Great way to break up the Cheyenne to Yellowstone road trip. The Mountains are some of the most beautiful I have seen in the Rockies.

I explored with the wild cave trip under candlelight. Pretty awesome, but a few tight squeezes and you will get dirty and it takes most of the day. All worth it.

Cool experience if you're not headed to Yellowstone or Glacier.

Get out of the vast grassland and take a tour to mix up your trip to the Black Hills. I just took a quick basic tour due to time constraints.

If you're not climbing to the top but want the best experience in the park, hike this trail.

Grand Junction is one of the last larger areas with amenities prior to reaching the 4 corners region of Colorado. Only small towns after this.

Hire a guide and catch unlimited fish here. It is a legendary trout stream for a reason.

I can say I crossed the highest suspension bridge. Stretched my legs, took some great photos and after an hour got back on the road.

Even with the bike lanes, if you go early you will have less crowds and can afford to look around and see the awesome red rocks of GOTG area.

Because this part of the park has a separate entrance, this is a great hike with a lot of waterfalls. It is also a great place to see wildlife and fish for wild brook trout.

Make sure to take a fly rod as above the falls is awesome brook trout fishing in summer. Used the hopper dropper.

its relatively flat until near the falls, then some incline. worth it as this cascade is amazing year round.

I wish I would have gotten experience prior to coming to the park. Either way, this was awesome to see the full night sky and millions of stars with hardly a sole around.

Make sure you get to the trail as early as possible. A great hike and even better photography opportunity.

This parking lot is one of the busiest in the Rockies and I always make sure to get here prior to sunrise to make sure I had a space.

After a day in Frisco or Silverthorne, make sure to find a spot in the campground or a pull out to view the sun set over the rockies. It shouldnt be to crowded to scout out a great spot ahead of time.

Do this just to see the amazing sea caves unspoiled and not as crowded as those on the mainland.

This old volcano is now an icon of the PCH. Its a great stop towards the southern terminus of the Pacific Coast Highway.

This park had it all, creeks, redwoods, and history. Great place to spend a few hours!

I thought other waterfalls in the area were better, but this was a good stopping point and nice relaxing couple hours at the falls. Worth a stop.