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If you decide to go hiking in Arches National Park, be prepared to have a very hot experience if you visit during the summer months. The hot sun with the reflective hot rocks will be the reason for you to carry a good amount of water. Recently, all the national parks are becoming very crowded as more people...

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Arches National Park is a great place to photograph. You have to arrive early in the AM to maximize your chances of a great photograph.

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Hiking the Mummy Range in Rocky Mountain National Park is invigorating and tough. Drive up the Old Fall River Road early in the morning as there is limited parking by the side of the road. Start with Chaplin, then to Chiquita and ten off to Ypsilon if you have the energy as you...

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If you want to hike to a picture perfect place to enjoy lunch, consider hiking to Mills Lake in any of the 4 seasons. Start from the Glacier Gorge parking lot or hike down from Bear Lake (adding about 1 mile back and forth). In the fall months you will start the hike through...

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The hike to Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park is a gorgeous hike as you start at Bear Lake, continue to Nymph Lake and the up to Dream Lake. You can also continue the hike to Emerald Lake. You will have 4 very picturesque views of different looking RMNP lakes.

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Being on top of Flattop Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park is a hiker’s rush. You may look straight down the glacier that is left from the winter months and see the very small parking lot that you started from. Start your hike early, bring plenty of water for hydration and...

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Bryce Canyon is absolutely an awesome national park to hike and photograph. Bryce Canyon is an amphitheater of the greatest concentration of hoodoos on Earth. The national park does become crowded and it becomes very hot during the summer days as it attracts...

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Canyonlands has 3 entirely different areas: The Needles, The Maze and The Island in the Sky. Each of the sections are entirely different. We did not go into the Maze area as we didn't have a 4 wheel drive and we didn't have enough time. The Maze is for serious hikers and adventurers. The road into the...