Glacier National Park [Photo Gallery]

I was at Glacier National Park last weekend with a friend. It takes about 8½ hours to get there from Seattle. Glacier is supposed to be a premier national park, though I have to say I was immensely underwhelmed. The park is nice, but it’s basically just some mountains and trees. This is nothing special …

John Day Fossil Beds [Photo Gallery]

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Eastern Oregon is a fantastic place to visit. John Day is one of the world’s richest sources of fossils. There are literally fossils everywhere. Before people started stealing them, you could easily find fossils. You can still find fossils throughout the monument, you just have to look a …

Seattle Gas Works Park [Photo Gallery]

Gas Works Park is an old gasification plant turned into city park on the North shore of Lake Union. It is the only remaining remnants of a coal gasification plant in the United States. The park has a beautiful view of downtown Seattle (including the Space Needle), the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge and the Aurora Bridge …

Mountain Loop Highway, Barlow Pass [Photo Gallery]

Last weekend I wanted to go for a hike to Monte Christo, an old mining township that is now a ghost town. Getting there is easy. Just follow the scenic Mountain Loop Highway until Barlow Pass and then hike the Monte Christo Trail. The hike it pretty easy—mostly a flat old gravel road that eventually …