Adventures of Our Lifetime

Check out my Hawaii page (we did a 2-week trip back in 2016)!

Have you checked out our road trip down Blue Ridge Parkway to visit Great Smoky and Mammoth Cave national parks? We went back in Oct 2019 so I’m not sure how the general area is now after Hurricane Helene came inland in Sept 2024.

Would you like to visit the northeast? Maine is the way to go. Cool but pleasant weather in October when we went right after our COVID shots back in 2021!! 

COMING SOON! I’m working on my next page on an epic road trip through Minnesota and Michigan back in 2023!

How We Got Started...

We got a taste of “hiking” and seeing the amazing nature views back in 2010. We partook in our friends’ bachelor/ette celebration in Vegas but stayed a few more days to explore the parks in the area.  From then on, we typically avoid the city scenes, as we much preferred the peaceful and quiet natural sceneries. Although we pass through touristy areas, we try to plan around the peak times of the year (lots of research online and reading forums). In my pages I will share how I created my itineraries and provide additional tips when you start planning your own trip.

After spending +10 years in school studying (2 B.S. and 1 M.S. later) and having a stable job now, I’m finally in a place of my life where I can put together our adventures on an official site. I hope to share some insights and recommendations for you when you are visiting the places we have been. Enjoy!

Archived Adventures

You can do a quick search if you are looking for a specific state/country to read about 🙂

Otherwise, you can check out the parent pages: U.S. Adventures… and Other Countries… 

From there, jump to the other pages via the links or click any specific page at any time using the drop-down menus.

Upcoming Itineraries

Our next adventures planned for 2025-2028 are tentative. There are still so many more places we would like to plan and go – please check back for updates!

Mid east

Summer 2025

Weekend itinerary

Visit the last two mid east national parks to bring total 25 of 63!

Corpus Christi Fall 2025

1-week itinerary

Check out new fishing spots!

Mexico

Winter 2025

5-day itinerary

Take a cruise from Galveston, TX to Mexico with family and friends

Colorado

Fall 2026

2-weeks itinerary

Visit the 4 national parks of Colorado before it snows!

NV/CA

Winter 2027

2-weeks itinerary

Visit Death Valley and few CA nation parks

Texas

Winter 2028

2-weeks itinerary

Visit 4 TX and NM national parks total before it gets hot!

Our Goal: Visit all 63 of U.S. National Parks (25 TOTAL as of 2025)

About Me

I enjoy exploring new parts of the United States with my other half and ready to take on the west soon. Even though we work full time, we started off hiking the local parks and have been expanding out to the national parks across the country. We grew up on the east coast so there is more information of local areas. There was a slight delay with the pandemic in 2020-22 but we are slowly getting back on track, checking off a few parks every year!