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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Hot Springs National Park – Arkansas
Four thousand years ago rain fell to the earth, seeped into the ground, got heated up, and eventually rose back up to the surface. And then we drank it as…
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Big Bend National Park – Texas
Big Bend is described as one of the most remote and least visited parks in the lower 48…we can attest to that. Our isolated campground had full hookups, and wifi…
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park – Texas
This park is Carlsbad Caverns lesser known nextdoor neighbor. Just a few miles down the road, and across the border into Texas, Guadalupe Mountains offers an above-ground and high-elevation perspective…
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park – New Mexico
How does a 1.25 mile hike down 750 feet into the earth on a slippery and dimly lit trail sound to you? Well it sounded like fun to us, so…
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White Sands National Park – New Mexico
One of our favorite parks so far, we had a blast romping around the dunes, making “snow” angels, and rolling down the hills. You’re not supposed to take any sand…