Hiking to & Camping near Pinal Peak | Globe, AZ | December 2023 After a quiet night camping on the Arizona Trail, we packed up and drove back to Dudleyville, then continued our drive North to Globe. Even though we’ve done this drive several times before, I didn’t remember how scenic it was, and we…
Vermont and New Hampshire Adventure, Day 6 | September 11, 2016 | Driving from the White Mountains of NH to White River Junction, VT; visiting Saint Gaudens National Historic Site and other attractions along the way Throughout the night on Sunday, the wind picked up and howled through the night. When I lay awake in…
Visiting Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site | Hiking in DuPont State Recreational Forest | Caesar’s Head State Park, South Carolina | January 2023 Our first morning in Asheville was a rainy one, so we slept in, took it easy, and went out to get groceries for the week. After that, we combined our lists…
Monday, July 6, 2015 Exploring the Black Hills of South Dakota For our first full day in the Black Hills area, we decided to do a little mix of sightseeing and hiking. Everything we wanted to see was within a reasonable driving distance from where we were staying, so we never had to do too…
Hiking in Cottonmill Park | County Counting & Courthouses from Kearney to Omaha | March 2021 Our night camping by the Platte was temperate weather wise, but extremely windy. Gusts of wind were constantly blowing through, shaking the tent. Charlotte got up a few times and used her new ‘trick’ of opening the tent door…
Mountain Lake to The Pines Campground, VA | Hiking to the Hanging Rock Firetower and Raptor Observatory | September 2023 After sleeping at the Appalachian Trail trailhead near Wind Rock, we spent most of our morning chatting with the trail angel, Step, and a South Bound through hiker. We traded stories about hiking, backpacking, and…