Featuring the highest peaks in all of Texas, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is also home to the world’s most extensive Permian fossil reef. This is our final National Park of 2019, and it has it all: mountains, waterfalls, extensive hiking trails, wildlife…
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National Parks 2019: Carlsbad Caverns
Gorgeousness above AND below ground at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the Chihuahuan Desert. There are more than 119 caves, some of which can be explored. The most famous/accessible is Carlsbad Cavern itself, which has a 8 acre area called “The Big Room,” the largest accessible cave chamber in the US>
National Parks 2019: Joshua Tree
It’s like a gorgeous alien landscape, Joshua Tree National Park. Like something out of a Dr Seuss book (if only Dr Seuss wasn’t such a racist). The park showcases two very different ecosystems: the Colorado Desert in the eastern portion, and the Mojave Desert in the western portion, which is slightly cooler and gives rise to the iconic Joshua Trees. Don’t tell the other parks, but this one might just be our favorite.
National Parks 2019: Great Falls
Though small compared to some of our western parks, Great Falls National Park is home to truly amazing views. Follow the Potomac River as it twists around narrow canyons and rock formations, and revel in the fact that it’s only 15 minutes from Washington, DC.
National Parks 2019: Grand Teton
Glaciers and mountains and moose and rivers, this National Park in Wyoming is a wonder to behold, no matter the season you visit.
National Parks 2019: Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah has the largest collection of hoodoos (irregular columns of rock) anywhere on Earth. Isn’t that something? Full of otherworldly vistas, it’s breathtaking any way you look at it.
National Parks 2019: Death Valley
Death Valley National Park has the unique distinction of being the hottest, driest, AND lowest National Park in the US system. It’s a brutal place, but filled with an immense and almost overwhelming beauty. Just like the skeins we dyed to honor it.
National Parks 2019: Virgin Islands
We won’t even get into the whole colonialism/US-territory/white supremacist basis for why this is a part of the US here. Instead, we’ll talk about the sea turtles that nest here, and the snow white beaches…
National Parks 2019: Rocky Mountain
Every single time we see this park name, we start singing the John Denver song:
“But the Colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (Colorado)”
This national park is “only” 415 acres, but you really feel like you’re on top of the world, and our colorway will help you get there.
National Parks 2019: Capitol Reef
This week, we’re heading to red rock country in Utah to explore Capitol Reef National Park. Capitol Reef is chock-full of things you might not expect from a desert-dwelling national park, like historic orchards, full of pears and walnuts, and and actual wrinkle in the earth (scientific name: monocline). But it’s also full-on desert, with cliffs, canyons, domes, and bridges.
