The Serengeti of North America. The world’s first national park. Wonderland. Whatever you want to call it, Yellowstone National Park is a place unlike any other. With half the world’s thermal features – not to mention iconic wildlife and gorgeous Rocky Mountain scenery – Yellowstone has a lot to offer a curious traveler. The park […]
As an in-house writer for Off the Beaten Path, a good chunk of my day is spent researching travel destinations – reading magazine articles, perusing traveler reviews, gaining insight from travelers’ blogs, and speaking with locals. And whether I’m writing about Sedona, Steamboat, San Francisco, or Silver City (New Mexico, in case you didn’t know), […]
The little girl gripped the edge of the folding table. “Billy is not afraid,” she told me with a steely look as her brother handed over Billy for the slug race weigh-in. I peeled the surprisingly sticky Billy from my latex-gloved hand and laid him on the digital kitchen scale. Ten grams. A small contender […]