BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Walking through Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming you’ll be happy to see an abundance of willow and aspen trees and hear the melodies of song-birds, a very different impression than that of 20 years ago. This change in…
How to travel Canada for cheap in 2017
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Canada was voted the best place to travel to in 2017, conveniently the same year that the vast country is celebrating its 150th birthday. There is no better time to check out the North without emptying your…
Thailand is cracking down on tourist hot spots to save itself from total destruction
BY: CAROLINE ROLF The tropical country’s coastline and islands are home to some of the world’s most incredible white sand beaches and scuba diving sites. While these magnificent sites drew nearly 30 million tourists to the country last year,…
America’s national parks are sacrificing sacred space in exchange for corporate funding
BY: M. TOMOSKI This August, the National Parks Service (NPS) will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. With over 400 parks, monuments, and conservation areas across the United States, the NPS is responsible for some of the country’s most popular tourist…
These best friends quit their jobs to visit 59 national parks in 59 weeks
BY: ALEX BROWN Something devastating happens when you reach your late twenties, hit the quarter-life milestone and responsibility comes knocking at your door. Soon, you’ll no longer be able to consider yourself in the careless twenty-something bracket—but that doesn’t mean…
In 2017, the government is making admission to all of Canada’s national parks free
BY: JESSICA BEUKER 2017 marks Canada’s 150th birthday, and Parks Canada has an early birthday present for all Canadians. In an initiative brought forward by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Parks Canada is waiving all park entrance fees for a year.…
Athlete couple chases adventure and lives out of national parks in a solar power airstream
BY: ROB HOFFMAN From the bedroom of an Airstream, views are panoramic. The valley catching first light from the rising sun over the red rock mountains, this is your alarm system. Still, you wait patiently for the frost to evaporate…
This family sold everything they own to visit 400 national parks in an Airstream Bus
BY: TYLER FYFE Thousands of dollars in renovations and several trips to Ikea later, the Works family found that although their life now looked like the picture-perfect images of home-décor magazines, between the marble-countertops and stainless steel appliances there seemed…