American vacation destinations abound but prep your car, truck or SUV before leaving Wonder Lake

Wonder Lake American vacation destinations

Arches National Park, in Utah, is just

one of many spectacular vacation

destinations in America where folks
from Wonder Lake can vacation this
summer.

It’s summer and a great time for outdoor activities, such as barbeques in your Wonder Lake backyard. But summer is also a time to get away from it all. In other words, it’s time to escape for a little while and go on a vacation.

You may want to fly somewhere but, if you think about it, that’s more of the kind of excursion you want to save for winter. You get on an airplane for a vacation that will take you to an exotic destination where one of the best aspects is the absence of cold and snow. Most of us don’t drive up to Northern Wisconsin in January to go camping. But camping up there in June or July is perfect.

Maybe you want to head West and visit national parks, such as:

Arches National Park in Utah
Badlands National Park in South Dakota
Big Bend National Park in Texas
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
Glacier National Park in Montana
Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
Great Basin National Park in Nevada
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington
Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona
Redwood National Park in California
Sequoia National Park in California

Or you may want to head East and visit parks, such as:

Acadia National Park in Maine
Congaree National Park in South Carolina
Cuyahoga National Park in Ohio
Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida
Everglades National Park in Florida
Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina
Isle Royale in Michigan
New River Gorge in West Virginia
Shenandoah National Park in Virginia

All told, there are 63 National Parks in protected areas and operated by the National Park Service. Of course, some would require travel by plane or boat, such as American Samoa National Park in the Southwest Pacific, or Virgin Islands National Park in the U.S. Virgin Islands. There are a number of national parks, not listed above, that you could drive to in Alaska.

Great Smoky Mountains trip from Wonder Lake

If you do decide to go East, you may want to
visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Then again, there are plenty of other vacation, camping, hiking and fishing spots you can drive to across America. This country is rich with vacation destinations. But, wherever you go, make sure your car, truck or SUV is up to the trip.

Breaking down on the way to or from Grand Teton National Park, for instance, is not likely to be the highlight of your trip. Before you leave your Wonder Lake home, have your vehicle checked out. Not only will it reduce the risk that your trip will have an unwanted interruption, but it will give you peace of mind along the way.

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