Believe it or not, there are a number of excellent slot machine Canyons near Las Vegas, Nevada. These may not be the slots you had in mind for Vegas, but they are still worth a look! The slot canyons are natural rocky passages that are fun to explore and pleasant for photos. Everyone is different and the colors can be awesome. Some of the hikes are family-friendly and are ideal for children or pets. We recently drove through the state of Nevada on our way to Yosemite National Park and decided to stop and look at some of these Slot…
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The Half Dome Hike is the most epic hike in Yosemite National Park in California, with an exciting and scary cable section at the end of the trail that takes you to a panoramic view of the entire Yosemite Valley! Half Dome is usually accessible via the popular Mist Trail, where you can see two large waterfalls, giant sequoias and other landscapes along the Merced River. This is a very difficult and exhausting day hike, so it’s not for everyone, but standing on the Half Dome is a great feat if you can do it. The Half Dome cable section…
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Watching the sunrise over the Mount Bromo volcano in Indonesia is easily one of the most awesome travel experiences in the world. You can even climb the crater and look directly into the smoking volcano! Bromo can be visited on a road trip through East Java with other epic sites such as the Ijen Crater Lake and huge waterfalls, or you can fly directly from Bali to Surabaya and visit Bromo on a day trip from there. We did it both ways and we would like to go back. Anyway, the Bromo Volcano is a bucket list item not to…