Blog — Park Wanderlust

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor

It was great to able able experience a group of parks like this and to understand how they are all connected through this canal way.

National Parks, HeritageAmy AllenJuly 1, 2013

Saratoga National Historical Park

The scenery is typical to the area with wide open fields, heavy forested areas and sweeping overlooks.

National Parks, HistoricalAmy AllenJuly 1, 2013

Fort Stanwix National Monument

This fort was built to help the Americans hold their ground in the Revolutionary War

National Parks, MonumentAmy AllenJuly 1, 2013

Niagara Falls State Park

Our road trip to Niagara Falls State Park, which is considered America's oldest state park.

State Parks, New YorkAmy AllenJune 29, 2013

Women’s Rights National Historical Park

Located in Seneca Falls, NY this park stands on the property where the First Women’s Rights Convention took place.

National Parks, HistoricalAmy AllenJune 28, 2013

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

While we love big, well-known parks, finding little gems like this Site are what this journey is all about.

National Parks, Historic SiteAmy AllenJune 28, 2013

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

We took a two mile round trip hike across Nelson Island to the coast line of Plum Island Sound.

Outdoor Adventures, National Wildlife RefugeAmy AllenMay 19, 2013

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

The property is complete with art galleries, workshops, gardens, and a walking path through a ravine to a man made swimming hole.

Historic Site, National ParksAmy AllenSeptember 22, 2012

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

We toured of the mansion and the property owned by three very well known families in the conservation world.

Historical, National ParksAmy AllenSeptember 22, 2012

Denali National Park

My father had a life long dream to visit Alaska. To celebrate his 60th birthday, my family packed up and headed north.

59, National ParksAmy AllenAugust 8, 2011

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

We got up before the sun rise one morning and headed out to Cades Cove.

59, National ParksAmy AllenJuly 20, 2008

Yosemite National Park

When you are standing in a meadow in the middle of the valley and you look up, you don't see anyone else, you forget about the sounds of the cars and RV's, and it just becomes about you and nature.

National Parks, 59Amy AllenJuly 5, 2005