Heather, and the Purple Backpack Travel Blog
North Cascades National Park: Why It May Be the Most Underrated National Park
North Cascades National Park is located in Northern Washington about 3 hours west of Seattle. It is surrounded by national recreation areas and national forests creating a huge play land for you to explore. [...]
Five Best Campsites in Idaho
Idaho was our 4th state to visit on our journey and provided some of our best campsites yet! There is ample free camping in the mountains and national forests and tons of dreamy waterfront spots [...]
But How Do You Get Mail? Getting Packages on the Road While Traveling
One of the most common questions travelers (including us) get asked is "how do you get mail?" And, while we are in the day and age where paper snail mail is not all that [...]
7 Reasons You Should Go To Idaho
Idaho is the Gem State, which couldn't be a more fitting name for this hidden gem. Some folks probably can't even pick out Idaho on a map, and most likely don't know about all [...]
Three Month Reflections – I Think We’re Getting the Hang of This!
As of yesterday, we have officially been living on the road for three months. It feels like we started forever ago and yesterday all at the same time. Overall, we feel like we are really [...]
The Best Camping Spots in New Mexico
We spent 21 nights at 13 different camping spots in New Mexico in April 2018 and compiled a list of our favorites to share with you. We broke them up into categories so that there [...]