The Times and Travels of Nolan
Documenting trips I've taken and places I've seen.
Daylight filtered through the cheap curtains of our cabin. On Sunday, November 16, 2025, I can’t tell you how many people were waking up within the boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. Maybe some lodge employees? A few people staying there? A couple of hardy souls RV/tent camping down the road? But I can tell …
Continue reading “Mammoth Cave National Park: Domes and Dripstones Tour”
I’ve often thought that National Park Service Rangers have some of the toughest public-facing jobs out there. To put it simply, the average American is an idiot. The average American in the great outdoors is an even bigger idiot. I often think of the off-duty rangers in Yellowstone who just wanted to go wolf-watching, only …
Continue reading “Mammoth Cave National Park: The Historic Tour”
The first national park I ever visited was Mammoth Cave. It was part of a Spring Break way back in the day – like, I must have been 6 years old or something. As Elizabeth and I prepared to visit Mammoth Cave for her first time 20+ years later, I wondered: would any long-buried memories …
Continue reading “My 28th Birthday Trip: Mammoth Cave’s Sinkholes”
There are a couple of different types of vacations. The ones that get all of the attention are the huge ones. Elizabeth and I have been on The Big One a lot recently – our national parks/engagement trip in 2021, Glacier in 2022, our honeymoon in 2023, our Europe trip in 2025. But one of …
