Whether you’re heading out for an hour or a couple of days, knowing what to pack for your National Park hiking trip is of utmost importance. Your comfort and safety are in the hands of a few essential items. Forget the sunscreen and insect repellant, and your exciting adventure may turn into a big disaster. Not to worry, though. On all Austin Adventure trips, our guides will pack all the essentials and then some. Even so, it’s always good to know what to bring along, so we sat down with Kasey Austin-Morrissey, an avid hiker and Director of Operations and President USA of Austin Adventures, to ..read more

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Greetings Fellow Adventurers, Dan Austin is away on an incredible African safari, which means you get to hear from me, Kasey Austin (Dan’s daughter and Director of US Operations) on this month’s Muse! I’m not quite sure how it came to be September already with the thick of summer behind us! While we still have many trips out running in the Rockies and down in the Southwest, I can see the season quickly winding down as our guide team begins to make appearances back at our Billings, Montana headquarters to put their vans, trailers, and equipment “to bed” for the winter. It’s been another seaso ..read more

Greetings Fellow Adventurers, First and foremost, I hope this finds you well and enjoying the dog days of summer. It’s been a wild ride for all and we are just about halfway through our busy season. I have mentioned a few times we are hosting a record number of travelers in and around our National Parks this summer. Has it been easy or perfect? Honestly, no! That said I couldn’t be prouder of the team that has risen to the occasion and put forth the untiring effort to see that each and every guest from ages 8 to 80 gets exactly what they are looking for out of their time with us. I could go ..read more

Dear friends and fellow travelers,   And you thought I forgot?  Or maybe you just hoped I did?  As they say, better late than never, so here is this month’s Muse.   As we get ready for the biggest holiday travel weekend of the year, the biggest in a few years, an estimated 47.7 million Americans are expected to hit the roads, campgrounds, and lodges this weekend.  As we wrap up our first FULL month of travel in our National Parks, no one has become more aware of this increased interest than the crew here at Austin Adventures.  We are experiencing it every ..read more

New seasons often make us introspective, but this year it’s especially true.   The entire team at Austin Adventures is grateful for every guest, reader, and website visitor who spends their time with us. Losing the freedom of moving about the world affected a lot of people from the travelers who thrive on exploration to the guides who thrive on giving people that experience. This talented group is ready to make this summer the most remarkable experience ever for our guests. Our guides are award-winning and each bring their own personality, talent, and knowledge to the trails. If it weren ..read more

“We must remember three things, he said to them. I will tell them to you in the order of their importance. Number one and first in importance, we must have as much fun as we can with what we have. Number two, we must eat as well as we can, because if we don’t, we won’t have the health and strength to have as much fun as we might. And number three and third and last in importance, we must keep the house reasonably in order, wash the dishes, and such things… But we will not let the last interfere with the other two.” ~John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez   Often referred to as Baj ..read more