Road Trips with Tom |
This week, Road Trips with Tom cruises down Interstate 19 from Tucson to Nogales, Arizona – and back. It’s only 63 miles from one end to the other, but there’s easily enough to see and do along I-19 to occupy a few hours or a whole weekend. Along the way you’ll find open desert, pine-clad […]
This week, Road Trips with Tom switches gears and presents news about the U.S. National Park System. First, the National Park Service has just released its 2017 recreational visit statistics, and there are a few surprises. Second, there’s a proposal on the table to increase entrance fees during the busiest times at 17 of the […]
Windows section and La Sal Mountains. Photo by Tom Dell This week we’re headed to one of the gems in the national park system – Arches National Park in southeastern Utah. Just about everyone who visits Arches loves the place. Pick your favorite adjective – dazzling, gorgeous, awesome, fascinating, colorful, magnificent, epic – they all […]
Steamtown overview. Photo by Tom Dell If you love trains and railroading, make sure Steamtown is on your road trip bucket list. This compact national park in a downbeat Rust Belt city is nirvana for rail buffs and a great place to bring the kids. Officially, it’s Steamtown National Historic Site, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. […]
Featured photo of Mesa Arch from Pinterest After last week’s side trip to Alaska, Road Trips with Tom returns to Utah and visits the epic landscapes of Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands is Utah’s biggest national park, yet it receives the fewest visitors – only about 776,000. That’s less than one-fifth as many as Zion […]
Featured photo: Welcome to Hyder, by Tom Dell This week we’re headed to Hyder, Alaska – the coolest road trip destination you’ve never heard of. What is Hyder? It’s a town – a hamlet, really – in the far southeastern corner of Alaska. Residents call it “the friendliest ghost town in Alaska,” but it’s not […]
This week we’ll show you more geologic and scenic eye candy as we visit Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah. Featured photo: Panorama Point on a late December afternoon. PHOTO: Tom Dell Native people called this “land of the sleeping rainbow.” In Capitol Reef’s sandstone formations, you’ll find a dazzling palette of colors and […]