National Parks – It’s Not a Vacation, It’s an Adventure!

A Lake Sunrise and a Quirky Town

July 23, 2017June 11, 2023Parks Comment

Day 4 (July 15): I woke up feeling completely refreshed. I assume refreshed means sore and really tired since that’s my normal wake-up [...]

Stoney Indian and Brown Pass

July 22, 2017June 11, 2023Parks Comment

Day two began without much fanfare. No night time encounters other than a couple bugs. I got an early start since I was [...]

The Adventure Begins

July 19, 2017June 11, 2023Parks 2

Today I set off on the Pacific Northwest Trail. It’s much less known and less traveled than the AT. It’s a 1217 mile [...]

Tales from the road

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015Parks 1

I headed out the door a bit more than a week ago to roadtrip to the Pacific, hitting up some great hiking and [...]

Saguaro

January 12, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment

We took our first winter trip in 2013 over Martin Luther King day weekend. We decided on Saguaro National Park. It seemed a [...]

Cuyahoga Valley

January 9, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment

After we had visited three National Parks (Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, Voyageurs), I was able to sell the idea that our family should [...]

Voyageurs

January 8, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment

Our third family vacation proved to be more successful than the Shenandoah trip. Virginia’s heat and lack of experience took it’s toll. We [...]

Bears!

January 6, 2015October 31, 2015Parks 1

Following the success of our 2010 descent from Clingman’s Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and given we’d made two consecutive summer [...]

My first backpacking

January 5, 2015October 31, 2015Parks 1

I’ve always enjoyed camping. I grew up with an active Boy Scout troop that went about once a month. Back in 2009 my [...]