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Hiking Guide To Ryan Mountain|Joshua Tree NP

fitlifeandtravel May 30, 2019 2 Comments

One of the highest peaks in the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park is Ryan Mountain. It’s vast diversity of foliage and desert shrubs align this moderately challenging hiking trail on Ryan Mountain. The opportunity for stunning views and exploring the surrounding desert nature is what lured me to this hiking adventure recently. Read further for my hiking guide to Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree...

Road Trippin Through Oregon

fitlifeandtravel April 4, 2019 0 Comments

Oregon is one of the most beautiful states in the country. It's one of the reasons we planned to do some road trippin through Oregon along with our epic coastal road trip last year. The beauty and scenic landscapes far exceeded my expectations of this 364 mile extraordinary journey of nature carved coasts, historic lighthouses, and bountiful meadows. The Visitor Center is a wealth of information...

Hiking Pinnacle Peak In Scottsdale

fitlifeandtravel March 25, 2019 9 Comments

The singing birds, beautiful bright poppies, and the sparkles reflecting off the pure granite mountain at Pinnacle Peak Park are just a few things that keep luring me back to this hiking trail. Hiking Pinnacle Peak In Scottsdale is the highlight of this weekend road trip. Wildflowers and Mexican Gold Poppies Spring Wildflowers We love to come to Arizona on weekend road trips and especially enjoy...

Top 10 Most Scenic Spots On The West Coast!

fitlifeandtravel January 30, 2019 0 Comments

Pacific Coast Highway is one of the most epic road trip routes you could ever experience. It's the Superbowl of road trips. Last Summer, we took the most epic road trip along the California, Oregon, and Washington coast. Riding along the PCH offers some of the most beautiful coastal scenes of the state. It was magical and it was everything you could possibly imagine that this adventure would...

The Slot Trail In Anza-Borrego Desert State Park!

fitlifeandtravel January 7, 2019 17 Comments

Dramatic colorful canyons, big horn sheep enjoying the ocotillo, and a beautiful sunny California day. It's a perfect time to hike the slot trail in Anza Borrego Desert State Park! We are starting the new year already with a little adventure and hiking, exploring, and navigating through this picturesque and historic state park. Did you know? That Borrego in Spanish means bighorned sheep? The...

Top 12 Calendar Worthy Nature Pics!

fitlifeandtravel December 31, 2018 0 Comments

We recently started a new tradition of creating a calendar that contains our best pics from our travels and adventures as a gift to our families. They have mentioned several times how much they enjoy our calendar. The calendar we create is one that recaps many of our experiences in adventure and travel over the past year. Here is our Top 12 calendar worthy nature pics. Travel Recap Captions This...

What To See In Death Valley In One Day!

fitlifeandtravel November 30, 2018 12 Comments

Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the nation. With the exception of Alaska, it boasts more than 3 million acres of federally protected land areas of wilderness, sand dunes, canyons, salt flats, and mountains. There is so much adventurous territory to explore, scramble, and trek through. And on top of that, you can even take a tour of the locations where Star Wars was...

Explore Pinnacles National Park!

fitlifeandtravel November 20, 2018 6 Comments

Pinnacles National Park is known as the People's Park and it is the final park we visited on our three-day weekend excursion to central California. We are excited to finally explore Pinnacles National Park! The previous two days were filled with impressive historical sequoia trees, beautiful landscapes, and stunning sunsets! For every new national park we visit, we have a new found appreciation...

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

fitlifeandtravel November 16, 2018 1 Comment

Visiting America’s second oldest national park at Sequoia located near central California, is truly a treat. And although it can take hours to get there, it's so easy to become more inspired with every visit to a national park. We decided to make it an adventure as we mapped our way out to explore Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Getting There Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks...

Hiking Camelback Mountain In The Summer!

fitlifeandtravel November 2, 2018 3 Comments

The Phoenix area is home to at least seven mountain summits for hikers and adventurers to enjoy. Camelback Mountain stands out in the area as the ultimate mountain of mountains. And although thousands visit this hiking trail annually, do not be misguided by this popularity. Climbing this mountain is quite a challenge, but hiking Camelback Mountain in the summer is feat! Here is my recap of our...