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"My first backpacking trip, just after Christmas... lots of mud and rain and crisp mornings. Headed back for more this Christmas!"

-Jennifer Franklin @jadedjennifer

 
 
Gear List:

Tent - REI Camp Dome

Camera - Canon 7D

The Mittens

Camping in Monument Valley puts you in the front row to enormous rock features, cliffs, and the famous pair of buttes with “thumb” outcrops known as The Mittens.

Peyto Lake

Catching a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis at this campspot in Banff National Park.

Slick Lake Playa

Clear nights complement the camping experience in the vast dry bed of Lake Playa.