Hiking & Camping in Kofa NWR | Hiking Signal Peak | January 2025 Jess: After crossing into AZ from CA, we got gas in Yuma then began driving North on US-95, which was a new road for us. Every time we’ve returned to AZ since moving away in 2015, we’ve managed to visit places that…
Driving from Wilmington, NC to Shenandoah National Park | Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway from Meadows of Dan to Shenandoah National Park | August 2024 The start of our drive from North Carolina to New York was very familiar to other times we’ve left North Carolina and headed North. We planned to take the most…
Linville Gorge to Wilmington, NC | Hiking Upper Creek Falls | Hiking in Dunn’s Mountain Park | Camping in Uwharrie National Forest | June 2024 Our night camping in Linville Gorge wasn’t the most restful, mostly because of the unevenness of the ground — we couldn’t decide if it was psychological or if it was…
Spring Break, Day 3 Sunday, March 15, 2015 Kanab to Cannonville, UT Bryce Canyon National Park and Kodachrome Basin State Park We started the day off with an early morning hike on Squaw Trail in Kanab. We hadn’t done so well with letterboxing up till now, but this 2 mile hike to a great box…
Newport to Cape Perpetua, OR | Seal Rock | Hiking in Cape Perpetua | November 2025 After two great days around Newport, it was time to move further South to find more beautiful places. When I drove down the coast with Charlotte in 2017, I did it all in a day and a half, but…
I learned something new about myself last week when I was hiking along the Havasu Creek. I learned that I have no fear of the unknown – if I don’t know anything about it, how can I be afraid? All I can do is go along with it and trust God and my husband’s leading. However,…