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I remembered driving past signs for it last year, but really had no idea what to expect. I Googled it before we decided to go, but still wasn’t sure.
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This was my first (and only) gator experience in Florida. A couple days after getting there, I finally stopped laying around and we went to the La Chua Trail in Paynes Prairie State Park. I was excited to finally see gators! And see gators I did. This is a great place to look for them.
Crystal clear and 72 degrees year-round. Those are Florida’s famous springs, conveniently located near Gainesville, where we were. There are tons of springs to see, but we were going to the Ichetucknee Springs State Park in Fort White to see the Blue Hole, mostly. We only saw one or two other people while we were in the park, but November isn’t the peak swimming month there, either. But, if you want to avoid the crowds and visit when it isn’t 1000 degrees plus humidity, this is the time to go.
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It was almost time for us to leave Florida, but we had to do one thing before we left: go to the beach. We decided to go to Big Talbot State Park in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a little cloudy when we left, but we held out hope for it to brighten (and warm) up. It didn’t, but we didn’t let that stop us.
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The two things I wanted to see in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on our way to Vegas were the Fire Wave and Pastel Canyon. The Fire Wave is rumored to be super cool, almost rivaling, and not to be confused with, The Wave in Arizona. More on that later. And Pastel Canyon is supposed to look a little bit like Easter threw up all over it. It’s safe to say my expectations were high after taking a gander at good old Google images.
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After reading about Valley of Fire on Alex in Wanderland and knowing I was going to Vegas in September, I figured why not make a stop there since I’ll be in the area. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, well hot, but that’s about it. I knew about the Fire Wave, which is supposed to be TOTALLY WICKED, and Pastel Canyon, which looks SUPER COOL on Google, and that was it.
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Goblin Valley State Park in Utah is the perfect side stop on a southwest US road trip. It’s much less visited than the nearby national parks and can be visited in just a few hours on your way to other parks, like Capitol Reef or Lake Powell from Moab. It’s my favorite state park in Utah so far because it’s such a fun place.
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