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All Our Grand Adventure Statistics You Ever Wondered About
Hey Folks, It's been a while since I've posted, but I just wanted to hop back on for a moment to share all the statistics we've compiled...

Jaela Deming
Jun 27, 20242 min read
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April 18-19, 2024: Gateway Arch = Our Gateway Home
Built in St. Louis between February of 1963 and October of 1965, the Gateway Arch stands 630 feet tall and spans 630 feet of state park...

Jaela Deming
May 4, 20242 min read
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March 10, 2024: Congaree National Park
Tall trees, abundant snakes, lazy turtles, flooded boardwalks, and quirky speed limits...welcome to the hidden gem of South Carolina -...

Jaela Deming
Mar 12, 20241 min read
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February 21, 2023: Gators Galore in Everglades National Park
DID YOU KNOW? Everglades National Park, designated in 1947, is one of the largest wetlands in the world with nine different habitats,...

Jaela Deming
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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November 17, 2023: Walking in a White SANDY Wonderland
DID YOU KNOW? New Mexico is home to White Sands National Park, a land of massive sand dunes strangely, for us, reminiscent of Minnesota...

Jaela Deming
Nov 25, 20232 min read
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November 14-15, 2023: Caving at the Carlsbad Caverns
DID YOU KNOW? In New Mexico, there are over 145 miles of mapped cave passages, reaching a depth of 1,604 feet down into the ground....

Jaela Deming
Nov 22, 20233 min read
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October 12, 2023: Petrified Forest National Park
DID YOU KNOW? In Arizona, there is a National Park of 146 square miles that preserves and displays one of the world's largest...

Jaela Deming
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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October 9, 2023: Zion National Park
DID YOU KNOW? Zion National Park is 229 square miles of red rock landscapes and receives 4.3 million visitors a year. It is home to 79...

Jaela Deming
Oct 19, 20233 min read
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October 5, 2023: We Went to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon!!!
DID YOU KNOW? Over 4.7 million people travel to the Grand Canyon every year…and less than 5% of them make it down to the very bottom of...

Jaela Deming
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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October 3, 2023: Grand Canyon Railway
DID YOU KNOW? The Grand Canyon is 227 miles long and up to 18 miles wide…that’s bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island. In fact,...

Jaela Deming
Oct 12, 20233 min read
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September 12: The Wonders of Hoh Rainforest
DID YOU KNOW? There’s a small handful of rainforests in the United States, the largest and wettest of which is Hoh (pronounced Hoe)...

Jaela Deming
Sep 21, 20232 min read
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September 11-12, 2023: A 45-Minute Rollercoaster? (Oh yeah, and Tidepooling too!)
On Monday, we pulled into Port Angeles, WA and enjoyed driving around the city for a while. After finding a small park for the little...

Jaela Deming
Sep 20, 20235 min read
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September 6, 2023: Mt. Rainier & Mt. Saint Helen’s Were a Bust!
Short post this time since our trip to Mt. Rainier was short and uneventful and our attempt at driving to Mt. Saint Helen’s was a fail.

Jaela Deming
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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August 30 - September 2, 2023: Glacier National Park
The Crown Jewel of the Continent proved to be stunningly beautiful and full of adventures waiting to happen. Quite honestly, I was...

Jaela Deming
Sep 9, 20234 min read
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August 20-23, 2023: Further Adventures in Wyoming
(This post was written on August 24 on the way to Craters of the Moon. I had it all written and all that was left was to proofread and...

Jaela Deming
Aug 27, 20235 min read
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August 18-19, 2023: God's Playground
We pulled into Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on August 18 and loved our time there. It was absolutely beautiful, full of wildlife...

Jaela Deming
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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August 11-13, 2023: The Rugged Beauty of North Dakota
Oh where to begin…the last few days have been full of fun in Medora and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND. We officially made it into...

Jaela Deming
Aug 14, 20233 min read
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