Amtrak Roomette Hacks

bob and sue in front of amtrak

Hats off to Amtrak and the romance of rail travel! We rode the Empire Builder from St. Paul to Seattle in a roomette and picked up plenty of hacks along the way.

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod — Massachusetts, National Park System, Outdoors

Hats off to Cape Cod and the Islands! Join us on a summer road trip from Woods Hole’s ferries out to Martha’s Vineyard and up to Provincetown.

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Fishing on the Namekagon River

Eagle

Hats off to the Namekagon River, a National Wild and Scenic River! Join Bob Metoxen for a day of fishing its historic sturgeon waters in Northern Wisconsin.

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Indiana Dunes National Park!

Indiana Dunes National Park — Indiana, National Lakeshores

Hats off to Indiana Dunes National Park! Just an hour from Chicago, this Lake Michigan gem remains a favorite school field trip destination.

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Casa Grande Ruins

Casa Grande Structure

Hats off to Casa Grande Ruins! Built by the Hohokam around 1350 AD, it became the nation’s very first protected archaeological site.

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Pipestone National Monument

Pipestone

Hats off to Pipestone National Monument! Native nations have carved ceremonial pipes from this sacred Minnesota quarry’s catlinite for 3,000 years.

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South Dakota Badlands

SD Badlands

Hats off to Badlands National Park! Dramatic eroded formations, roaming bison, and a Dark Sky Park make this a must-see South Dakota stop.

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Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree

Hats off to Joshua Tree National Park! Drive south to north to watch Colorado Desert cacti give way to Mojave Joshua trees and iconic rock piles.

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