Itinerary: Colorado | March 25-28, 2016

The first thing I do when I turn 26? Travel to Colorado for four days. Not a bad plan to ring in my birthday, right? It's March 25 and I'm a year older which my body has been sending me subtle reminders of for the past few weeks. Why is it suddenly harder to roll out of bed each morning? Is this some correlat…

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Happy 113th Birthday, National Wildlife Refuge System!

Today's an important day for the National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The system turns 113! On March 14. 1903 then legendary conservationist and President Teddy Roosevelt declared a three acre island off the east coast of Florida a safe haven for egrets, pelicans and othe…

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Bryce Canyon National Park, UT

So to recap, on this epic trip thus far I've been to three of the five national parks in Utah. Starting off with Arches, Canyonlands, recently Capitol Reef and now Bryce Canyon . Months before taking this adventure, friends and family who had also luckily had the chance to get out to Utah constantly harped about B…

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