Hytreks: Our 2020–2021 Family Road Trip
Hytreks is the digital home for the 2020–2021 family road trip of Kristy, Ben, and Owen Hymans. This completed journey follows their travels across the United States, with stories, photographs, and videos from national parks and the places in between.
Latest from the road
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the #1 most visited National Park in America. We hiked through the woods and drove through banks of fog on our trek up into…
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Congaree National Park – South Carolina
Lucky for us, the “Mosquito Meter” at Congaree National Park was at a tolerable 2.5 out of 6. For the record, the National Park service describes level 6 as a…
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Dry Tortugas National Park – Florida
Taking a seaplane to visit the remote Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles off the tip of Key West, was one of our favorite experiences of the journey so far.…
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Biscayne National Park – Florida
Our Biscayne experience included a guided boat tour and a picnic lunch at Boca Chita Key, which we learned was the former private party island of Mark Honeywell.
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Everglades National Park – Florida
Lizards, alligators, crocodiles, manatees, dolphins and more! The Everglades caught us off-guard with its abundance of wildlife, and we had a blast exploring this park on foot and by boat.