Clean and pristine, this state is full of small towns and shops. Although small Vermont is both surprising and impressive.

New Hampshire is laid back and easy going but they take America very serious. Every house had an American Flag.

Guanacaste is a wonderful oceanside destination. It has deep blue waters and large Pacific waves. Great fishing and surfing can be found here.

Costa Rica, Arenal Volcano National Park- It took a full days travel to get to Liberia international airport. It last erupted in 1968 and the footing was volcanic ash and stone.

The ranger told us that the tallest dune “Star Dune” was 755’ tall. I said no problem. She said you are at 8500 ft so keep that in mind. Ha! Breathing was hard almost immediately.

A large group of Pueblo Indians left their group in New Mexico and moved to Colorado. They climbed 8000 feet and built this new city in the side of a mountain.

Located in New Mexico this park has 117 separate caves. The largest cave, Lechuguilla Cave, is over 126 miles long and goes over 1600 ft below the surface of the earth.

This part of Texas sat at the bottom of the ocean before the dinosaurs roamed. The mountains are actually a giant coral reef that was lifted by shifting tectonic plates, including the main attraction, El Capitan. There are coral fossils everywhere.

All shades of granite formations sprout up from the earth and glisten as the sun hits off of them.

It gets its name “Black Hills” from the soil, rocks and dark color of the tree trunk of the Ponderosa Pines.

Iowa is more than just corn but yes there is a lot of corn.

The trees are pines and the water is from glaciers.

Virgin Island NP is on the island of St. Johns and makes up about 60% of the island.

St. Johns is an island in the Caribbean Sea that the United States purchased in 1917 from the Dutch.