by Adam on March 26, 2011
As has been the case from time to time along the road it becomes necessary to slow things down a bit and take a day off from seeing a new national park or hiking mile after mile on little sleep and without a shower. When a good night sleep and a shower roll around on [...]
by Adam on March 12, 2011
Camping at White Sands national Monument probably isn’t the first activity you think of when going to White Sands because there is no developed campground. You go there to see the HUGE white sand dunes that are made up of gypsum sand. The main differences between gypsum sand and the sand you find at most [...]
When you are on your way to or from Big Bend National Park, the Terlingua Camping Hostel is one option to consider if you want to stay in a ghost town just outside Big Bend. The “hostel” in Las Ruinas Camping Hostel may or may not fit depending on your definition of a hostel. The [...]
by Adam on January 27, 2011
When looking for a cheap place to stay on the road, Motel 6 and independent hotel/motels are usually tops as far as low price goes. When looking for a place to stay near Chattanooga and Chickamauga National Military Park, the Motel 6 – Chattanooga East is going to be the cheapest national chain motel or [...]
by Adam on January 24, 2011
With more than 10,000 hotel and motel rooms in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee the variety of lodging options is endless. Depending on the season you can stay for as low as $19.99 + tax or spend upwards of $200.00 on one room for one night. The Willow Brook Lodge is one of the more upscale lodging [...]
by Adam on September 25, 2010
The Cedar Pass Campground at the Badlands National Park is an excellent and inexpensive place to camp during your trip to The Badlands in South Dakota! So long as you can get by without a shower (there are none at the campground) and clean yourself enough using the sinks in the bathrooms (with running water [...]
by Adam on August 31, 2010
Day #2 at the West Yellowstone Hostel at the Madison Hotel started out with cold rainy weather a not much motivation to get out into Yellowstone. Most all of the in-town attractions were exhausted yesterday including the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center, the Yellowstone Historic Center Museum and the Yellowstone iMax theater. Once things got [...]
by Adam on August 15, 2010
So you want to visit and possibly ski Jackson Hole in Wyoming and you’re on a budget and you can’t get your friends to go with you to split the cost? You’re looking for a hostel in Jackson Hole so you can get away and go ski there? Well, “The Hostel” in Teton Village at [...]
The Silver Jack Inn Near Great Basin National Park in Baker, Nevada is one of just 2 or 3 hotels at which to stay in Baker, Nevada. There are a total of about 20 hotel rooms in Baker, Nevada which is about a 6 mile drive from the welcome center at Great Basin National Park. [...]
The Yosemite Bug is the only hostel that is sort of close to Yosemite National Park. When you are traveling on a budget and going to visit Yosemite National Park should you stay at the Yosemite Bug? It depends on a number of things. First of all, it should really be called the “An Hour [...]