Choose and Explore a National Park Around US

US National Parks

Roam to nature might be one of the best things to do to get out from the daily routine. If you love hiking, camping, bird watching, cross country, and any other activity related to nature life, you may want to have some visit to the National Park. Around U.S.A, there's a lot of National Park ready to be explored. They are so wide and beautiful, how to choose which one to visit for the first round? Here are some reviews you may want to find out about each.

Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park located here. A lot of wildlife activity can be found, from birdwatching to cross-country skiing in the winter. A lot of activity guarantees your satisfaction exploring nature over here. You can enter the Estes Park on the Valley of Rocky Mountain. You should pay $20 for a car or $ 10 for bicycle or motorcycle. It will last for seven days. Exploring through might give you a chance to see a rare bird, or a herd of bighorn sheep and elk, from their habitat. Also, you will find the beautiful scenery along the way. The peak of it is the hidden lake and the backcountry vistas.

At the end, there's a Great Sand Dunes spread widely. You will find it like being on Mars since the landscape is totally different from the other side of the park. Keep yourself hydrated by bringing some water since the dune gets hot. You may bring some plastic sled or garbage bag to help you get back faster to slide down the dunes. The entrance fee is $3 for a week or $15 a year for a family packed.

Montana

Glacier National Park will be the first come to mind since it is most spectacular. Wildlife watching and hiking can satisfy your eyes. Exploring the thoroughfare as located in the valley will let you able to see the beautiful blue lakes surrounding by the mountains. It will take off your fatigue and coddle your eyes. You have to be careful with the grizzlies you may found here. They might be beautiful to see, but don't get too close and consulting with the rangers about the safety is the best idea. From late September until mid-May, the facilities are closed, but the Park still open. You can make an entrance from Whitefish for the best entrance town. For Glacier, they charge $25 in summer and $15 during a winter. This fee valid per vehicle.

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is a historical site. The Crow Indian Reservation also locates here. To be there they charge $10 per person or bicycle and $15 per vehicle.

Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park is one of the most destinations for the people in love with nature. You can go hiking or boating or wildlife watching. It's a good backpacker's destination too. Be careful with the weather and the bear. You may want to talk to the guide or the ranger for a life safety precaution. The village of Moose or town of Jackson can be a choice. They charge $30 per vehicle for seven days.

Yellowstone National Park is always the best destination. You will be presented by a unique landscape it has. The boiling geyser looks like a giant hot spring. You can walk along the board to approach and enjoy the view. This is one of the hiker's destinations. This parks also the inhabitants of wolves, grizzly, and bighorn sheep. The lodge architecture might be something to look over. You can make your home base on Cody WY. They charge $30 per car or $50 in addition to Grand Teton Park.

Major Events in USA

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Due to the vast size and diverse heritage, USA has the most complex and cultural identity in the world. Therefore, majority of the most reputed events are held in this country. The occurrence of these USA events are almost every other week.

Let's talk about the public holidays in USA. The public holidays this diverse country celebrates are; the New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. On these events in USA, the government offices and banks remain closed.

Now let's have a look on the popular events to be taken place as per the calendar in USA. Here is a list of major events taking place in accordance to the calendar of 2019.

January

The tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Game is scheduled in January. It is a parade hosted by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, which is an annual parade held in Pasadena California. It was initiated by the Rose Bowl college football game since the year 1902. The purpose of this is to raise funds for the cost of staging the parade.

February

An event in USA known as the Mardi Gras is to take place in the month of February. It is also known as the Fat Tuesday. It refers to the events for the celebration of carnival, which begins after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany. It is held in the city of New Orleans. This event brings up a party like scene in the entire of Bourbon Street of New Orleans. Everyone in the street are packed with colorful dresses and become party animals.

Another most awaited event to take place in this month is Super Bowl. It is annual championship game of the National Football League. Super Bowl is a popular USA event that has almost become an unofficial holiday in the country. The hype of the entire event is created by extraordinary commercials and some big names perform in musical acts in the half time of the game.

April

Coachella Music & Arts Festival is scheduled to take place in the month of April. It is a 3-day long music festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The event has become very well-known in USA over the years. The event has become so popular that it was expanded to two weekends in the year 2012.

May

The Kentucky Oaks & Derby takes place in the month of May. Are you a fan of fancy attire and big hats? If yes, then this is the perfect event USA has for you. It takes places in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the premier annual event for horseracing. The winner of this event gets a reward of $600,000 and a large garland of lilies.

July

The month of July has USA's Independence Day. 4th of July is a federal holiday in the United States known as the Independence of the United States. On this day a set of events are taken place in order to celebrate the independence. Events such as fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games and political ceremonies. This event in USA holds a historic value and tradition of the country.

October

International Balloon Fiesta is held in the month of October which bring the season of the various shows. Yes, it is a festival of hot air balloon in New Mexico with a view of hundreds of hot air balloon for a variety of shows.

November

In the month of November its Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving parade is held in the city that never sleeps, the New York City. It is a national holiday originated from the harvest festival.

December

Last but not the least, December is all about Christmas. You can see fairy lights and Christmas decoration everywhere in the USA. This festival is held in importance of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Five Sceneries that will make you satiate to visit

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Arizona tops the list of one of the most visited and highest tourist attraction sites in the world. Out of the many scenic points, there those that are all time eye catching. From back route roads, highways with magnificent sceneries, Arizona makes one of the best leisure time destinations of all time.

Passing through the shrubby outskirts of Arizona is the long stretch of Route 66. A road that holds much of the American history as one of the few roads that do not have diversions into the neighboring states. The uniqueness of the road is also attributed by being one of the few that it is long in terms of miles as well as being one that has not been damaged for the longest time. From the western border, at a place duped as Topock, the road stretches to another township called the Oatman. The place has unique hills burros and a very charming landscape. On route towards the Kingman, you will pass through the black mountains following a twisted road path as you view the saguaros and fascinating tumbleweeds.

There are villages that you will come along the way after the vast plains that are full of nothing vegetative. There are stop over shops and other facilities along the way including the Hackberry, the dusty Hualapai in the peach springs. The center of Williams is next, to quench, eat and maybe spend a night in the many motels there. To the end of the road for route 66, there are major sceneries that you must stop by including craters for meteors and Winslow town. To the very end is the Holbrook.

The hwy 89 and 89A has the largest canyons ever to view, from Wickenburg stretch, you can see them all the way to when you reach the flagstaff. This old sites are sparked with some new life by the Indian outlets , trails for wines and bars as well as the amazing walks designed by arts. From the state of phoenix, you will meet with the spectacular mountains of weaver, buttes of grass and come along people from the valley of Peeples tending for their cattle. The road passes through the forests of Prescott all the way to the hills of Cleopatra. The beautiful sceneries of the place will keep you coming, going on.

Through the valleys and peaks of Phoenix, the east sides lies the long trail of the adventurous Apache. It covers over 45 miles towards the mountains that are very rocky all the way to Tortilla. There are several salt lakes that you will come along the way amongst other beautiful and spectacular sceneries.

Then there is there the valley called the monument, an all red valley filled with sandstones. The uniformity of the red soils and rocks formed uniformly along the valley is what one is able to visualize from a distance. As you move closer, you realize that the beauty of the buttes standing independently and the cracked rocky grounds, making it form shapes that are very irregular.

Kayenta, being the nearest urban area, will cater for the gas of your car, a place to sleep and catch up with friends while having dinner. Kayenta is Arizona's largest reserve covering over twenty thousand square miles all the way through Utah until it finds the border with the neighboring Mexico. Through the bumpy roads of the valley, you will find areas along the sceneries that are named after what they resemble to, be it animals or other objects.

If you are fascinated by watching and discovering new species of birds, the Patagonia is the best scenery site for you to visit. There are various roads network leading to the location including the Hwy 82. This empire is located between the mountains of Santa Rita and the border of Mexico. From the bird watching sites of the lake Patagonia, to the burgers and wineries, all of these are there for you to enjoy. The roads from here extends to different locations including the Hwy 80 an extension of Hwy 82 all the way to some place called Tombstone and to the west of Sonoita is Tucson.

Cuisine and Beverages of Pacific Northwest

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A chef from Oregon region, who influenced the Northwest people with his fresh flavors from 1903 to 1985 by using different cooking techniques and increased different flavors of the cuisine. The wonderful secret behind the creative food ideology of the chef is using all ingredients which are organically managed and richly sourced local ingredients. Many tried to know the real reason for the flavor of the cuisine by dining with the local people and finally decided that all the food was grown without powerful pesticides and many are from local markets and backyards.

Special chefs

In recent times the Pacific North West region was filled with celebrity chefs. The news, which attracted the attention of the people of this region is a new chef who had won a ‘Best Chef' award for his wonderful performance and his restaurant had become the source for many occasions. The chef who won many awards and known for his serious pie and who cooked on apple wood fire was from this region.

Cuisine on Wheels

There are nearly 600 mobile kitchens in the Pacific Northwest and now entered into the Portland by offering the treat, which is just unimaginable. These mobile kitchens are offering crab burgers, Pizzas, steak frites, tacos of Korean and many delicious varieties of cuisines to their home. This mobile offer is most convenient for the Pacific Northwest people as they can enjoy the different flavors in all climates with their families.

Beer Lovers

Beer is one of the surplus crop in the Pacific Northwest landscape. The key ingredient is grown in Oregon region. To prepare the beer the important ingredients like malted barley (in photo), and pristine water and masters to prepare the beer are available in this region. So Oregon region tops out of 200 regions in preparing beer, and acquired a global recognition for its best beer. Some of the brewers experimented and prepared new innovate style with new ingredients resulted a new taste to the beer. Many restaurants to reach the buzz produces the beer with the alignment of the climate and seasons. As there are nearly 70 breweries in the town one can find the required place to quench the beer.

Coffee buzz

One more important beverage which has an ambrosial level is Coffee. 1971 is the first opening of the coffee location in the Northwest region. As the culture is changing time to time the coffee culture has influenced many people and thereby many coffee locations arrived in the Northwest region. These coffee houses offer the fresh coffee with the finely roasted beans, which are of fine international quality. There are different qualities, most famous among them is the mecca and many people like java coffee shops which stops the people passing by with its flavor.

The Pacific Northwest lands are very fertile to grow the wine grapes. The latitude which Northwest has, shared by the Washington whereas Bordeaux is the region in United State is the largest producer of wine. Willamette Valley in the Oregon's region is highly well known for its luscious grapes. To taste the beer and wine plan a day trip to Portland. The thriving alcohol is prepared from apples and pears. Arial view is the best way to watch many places in Portland and Cider House.

The known the secret behind the streaming of food and drink lovers into the Pacific Northwest from years together is that the region is well suitable for different cuisines and varieties of cold and hot drinks. The fertile land and the valleys and the oceans brimming with the endowed seafood made this region a variety of cornucopia. The record rainfall and the necessary climatic conditions and the steady streams topped the region for its innovative and creative gastronomical experiences.