Travel Daily Tip

Most people arrive by a cruise ship to Juneau as the city is pretty far and out of reach from the main part of the road trip in Alaska. While on the cruise you can join a tour to Mendenhall glacier, but those are a bit overpriced.

Instead you can get of the ship and right away you will see many booths and companies offer a bus ride to the glacier for $8  or so (june 2012)  – this makes the trip so much cheaper and while there you get to see this glacier and the waterfalls.

Tags: alaska, Juneau, Mendenhall glacier
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This is truly one of the most beautiful places in the world, this is a remote area and permit require to hike there (to obtain a permit please read this)
only 20 people allowed per day.

The hike itself is not an easy one but defiantly not hard and anyone in reasonable shape can do it, its a 6 miles hike roundtrip but it is hiking in the desert so you must carry a lot of water, wear light clothes and a hat and a lot of sun block.

It is an unmarked hike but you will get a photo guide once you win a permit from the visitor center (@Kanab, UT), we used a gps app on our iphone which tracked our way in and we hiked back out the same way.

the place is amazing and really worth all the efforts of trying to get a permit and hiking in the sun.

Tags: hiking, paria canyon, Utah, wave
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While visiting Moab, UT you ill mainly visit Arches national park and Canyonlands NP but there is other places to visit out of the national parks as well, one of these places is Corona arch.

The hike to Corona arch is pretty short (about 3 miles round trip) and its easy so anyone can do it (there is some uneven parts and a ladder to climb (short one) but most of the trail is flat)

when arriving to Corona arch be sure to also take a look at the Bowtie arch right before arriving to Corona. there is an option to get up the arch and jump off it (companies in Moab offer this), or, like us, you can just look at other people who do it.

getting to the trailhead: drive on 191 south and turn right onto 279, drive few miles till you see the trailhead parking.

Tags: arch swing, arches, corona arch, moab
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During our trip in Utah we stayed at the Desert hills B&B for 3 nights and it was just great. Anna and Vic are great hosts and we felt at home right away, room was big enough and breakfasts were amazing. The hot tub outside was the right place to spend some evening time after long hikes.
You have everything you need there, other than the hot tub you have internet and tv room, kitchen access, with snacks, cookies and sodas, phone if you need it and the backyard to sit or have something to eat.

Highly recommended.

Visit Desert hills B&B site

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While visiting Utah, there are a lot of great national and state parks to visit. One of the smaller state parks is Goblin valley – its a small park which has some great sandstone formations and its a great place to wonder around – kids will love it as well.

The park is located Near the town of Hanksville, approximately 216 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

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