Santa Elena Canyon Hike
Santa Elena canyon is dramatic and well worth the steep climb at the beginning and some rocky cliff edges.
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Window Trail Hike
The Window trail at Big Bend is a beautiful hike even if you don’t go all the way to the trail’s end. Beware the uphill coming back!
Canyon
The town of Canyon, Texas isn’t much but it’s a nice enough place for a road trip break. And Palo Duro canyon outside of town was worth staying a second night so we could visit.
Caprock Coulee Hike
The Caprock Coulee trail is a great day hike through the badlands of North Dakota, offering overviews, rock formations, and wildlife opportunities.
St Mary Falls Hike
The St Mary Falls trail is not just about the falls. You also get great views of St Mary Lake. St Mary Falls was the last hike we did in Glacier. While parking wasn’t as tight here as with our other hikes we still had to park at Sunrift Gorge and cover some trail we’d … Read more
Hidden Lake Overlook Hike
The Hidden Lake Overlook trail is a beautiful and easy hike through alpine meadows to a small pond and a … hidden lake. As with the Highline trail, which also starts at Logan Pass, it’s hard to get a parking space for this hike. We did both on the same day to save getting up … Read more
Highline Hike
The first part of this trail is easy if you don’t mind heights and is a good way to get off the road. And possibly see some wildlife, as we did. One of the hardest things about this hike is getting parking space! We got up at 5:00 to get a space at Logan Pass … Read more
Avalanche Lake Hike
The hike to Avalanche Lake is very popular. It’s a relatively easy hike through the woods to a beautiful lake and it’s about 5 miles round trip. Because it’s so popular parking is at a premium. We got up around 6:30 so we could be out the door around 8:00. We scored a parking spot … Read more
Blue Ridge Parkway: Floyd to Front Royal
This northern section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia is more rural than wilderness and more populated. And still beautiful. Our last day on the parkway began with one last look at the amazing pink weeping cherry in front of the Pine Tavern Lodge. We tried to grow one of these and failed miserably. … Read more
Blue Ridge Parkway: Blowing Rock to Floyd
This middle stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway spans North Carolina and Virginia. As you head north the mountains get less rugged and the valleys between them wider. Blowing Rock looked like a nice little town, from what we could see through the fog and with most of the businesses closed for the pandemic. Our … Read more