If you read my last post on what it’s actually like to live with a Belgian Malinois, you know these dogs are beautiful contradictions. Today, we’re talking about the heavy-duty tools that keep them safe, contained, and happy. Just so we’re clear —…
Let’s be completely real right out of the gate: owning a Belgian Malinois is less about having a pet and more about cohabitating with a highly athletic, slightly unhinged, beautifully engineered contradiction. They are pure idiosavants — brilliant enough to outsmart a deadbolt,…
The Lehman Creek Trail in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park serves a unique purpose. During the summer, most visitors simply drive the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive to access the park’s higher elevations, alpine lakes, ancient bristlecone pines, and Nevada’s only glacier. But during…
A glacier in Nevada. Trees older than the pyramids. And alpine wilderness rising out of the desert like it accidentally ended up in the wrong state. Great Basin National Park might just be the most underrated national park in America. (And also one…
Have you been thinking about taking a road trip with kids and feeling equal parts excited and mildly terrified? Totally fair. Road tripping with kids can become one of your favorite family memories… or a rolling psychological experiment powered by goldfish crackers, bathroom…
If you’re looking for a short hike near Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado that’s a little different from your typical “walk to a viewpoint and call it a day,” Zapata Falls might surprise you. This isn’t your standard…
If you’re looking for one of the most extraordinary experiences in the United States, Medano Creek at Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado deserves a spot on your bucket list. Each spring, this remarkable seasonal creek transforms the base of North…
Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado happens to be one of the most dog-friendly national parks in the United States, but that doesn’t mean visiting with your dog is completely effortless. From scorching sand and limited shade to dune safety, bringing…
When you arrive at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado, one landmark is impossible to miss: High Dune. And you don’t just look at it. You can hike it. Set within the tallest dunes in North America, this is…
Great Sand Dunes National Park feels like a glitch in the Colorado landscape. And then you see it with your own eyes, and it makes even less sense. Massive sand dunes. In the middle of a green valley. With mountains towering right behind…