Travel, Explore, and Capture--Activities
Explore Constantly follows me while I travel, explore, and capture hiking, biking, skiing, sightseeing, photography activities. Below are some recent posts from each of these activity areas. You can also click here to see the map of places I've explored these activities.
Hiking Posts
Tall Trees Grove – Redwood National Park – California
The Tall Trees Grove Trail is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) round trip hike to an alluvial flat along Redwood Creek in Redwood National Park, where the soil, water, and shelter combine to grow coast redwoods that exceed 350 feet (107 m). The National Park Service rates it...
Lady Bird Johnson Grove – Redwood NP – California
The Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) loop through old-growth coast redwood in Redwood National Park, about ten minutes north of Orick, California. The National Park Service allows 45 to 60 minutes for it, the grade is gentle throughout, and it's...
Lassen Volcanic National Park Guide – California
Lassen Volcanic National Park covers about 106,000 acres (43,000 ha) in Northern California, roughly 50 miles (80 km) east of Redding, and it is the only place on earth where you can see all four types of volcano — shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome —...
Subway Cave – Lassen National Forest – California
Subway Cave is a 1,300-foot (400 m) lava tube in Lassen National Forest near Old Station, California, that you can walk straight through on a self-guided trail. The full loop — down through the tube and back on the surface — runs about a third of a mile (0.5 km) and...
Bumpass Hell Trail – Lassen Volcanic NP – California
The Bumpass Hell Trail is a 3-mile (4.8 km) round trip hike to the largest hydrothermal area in Lassen Volcanic National Park, a 16-acre (6.5 ha) basin of boiling mudpots, fumaroles, and acid-blue hot pools. The trail runs between 8,200 and 8,400 feet (2,500 to 2,560...
Fern Canyon – Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park – California
Fern Canyon trail is a 1-mile (1.6 km) lollipop loop through a narrow, fern-walled gorge in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, on the Northern California coast about 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The trail climbs roughly 150 feet (46 m) and takes at least 30...
Cinder Cone Trail – Lassen Volcanic NP – California
The Cinder Cone Trail is a 4-mile (6.4 km) round trip hike to the summit of a 700-foot (213 m) volcanic cinder cone in the northeast corner of Lassen Volcanic National Park. The trail climbs 846 feet (258 m) from the Butte Lake trailhead at 6,061 feet (1,847 m) to the...
Avenue of the Giants – Humboldt Redwoods SP – California
The Avenue of the Giants is a 31-mile portion of historic Highway 101 (now Route 254), which runs along the Eel River from the North entrance near Pepperwood to the South entrance just south of Phillipsville. The Avenue of the Giants is reported to be one of the most...
Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley Hike – Cusco Peru
Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) is a stunning geological wonder in the Peruvian Andes that has become famous as a popular Instagram spot. The hike to Rainbow Mountain's viewing area is a spectacular 2 mile (3.2 km) trek to a 16,522 ft (5,036 meter) summit. While the...
Humantay Lake Hike – Cusco Peru
The Humantay Lake hike in Peru is a stunning four mile (6.4 km) round trip hike featuring a vibrant turquoise glacial lake at 13,779 feet (4,200 meters) directly in front of the Humantay and Salkantay mountains in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Peruvian Andes....
Biking Posts
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 4 – Mull Island: Duart Castle to Salen and to Tobermory
Our bike ride for the fourth day started with a drop off at the Inverlussa Mussel Farm in Loch Spelve on the Isle of Mull. The Mussel Farm was only one of the farming operations on the Loch with several other mussel and salmon farms apparent across the bay. This was...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 3 – Isle of Jura to Isle of Mull
Our third biking day we cycled from the South end of Jura at Craighouse, nearly to the North end in Ardlussa, for a ride of 17 miles (27 km). The word, 'isolated' was made for Jura, it can only be reached by ferry. George Orwell, who stayed here while he wrote 1984,...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 2 – Crinan to Island of Jura
Our second day of biking was a short circular ride from Crinan to several fascinating historical sites on the peninsula North of Crinan. We started out down the canal path and quickly passes the first of several locks we'd see along the canal. We were lucky enough to...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 1 – Oban to Toberonochy
This was the first full day of our bike and barge trip to the Islays of Scotland, after a terrible travel experience the day prior. We had a nice combination of bikes provided by the tour company, I think it was about a 60/40 ratio of e-bikes to conventional bikes. We...
Alligators Up Close and Personal – Shark Valley Visitor Center, Everglades National Park, FL
Shark Valley is one of the three main entrances and visitors centers for Everglades National Park. The Shark Valley entrance is located 30 miles west of Miami off the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41), and is in the very heart of the Everglades freshwater marsh. The...
Amazing Outdoor Adventure Land – Everglades National Park, FL
Everglades National Park is one of the most amazing outdoor natural venues we've had the pleasure of visiting! At more than 1.5 million acres of tropical and subtropical habitat with one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, Everglades National Park is the third...
Lots of scenery and outdoor activities at Myakka State Park, FL
Myakka State Park is one of Florida’s oldest and largest parks. More than 14 miles of the scenic Myakka River flows through the 58 square miles of Florida dry prairie, a globally imperiled ecosystem that comprises more than half the park. Florida dry prairie is the...
Spokane River Centennial Trail – Spokane – Washington
The Spokane River Centennial Trail is a 40-mile (64 km) paved, non-motorized trail running through eastern Washington from Nine Mile Recreation Area on Lake Spokane, through Riverside State Park and downtown Spokane, east through Spokane Valley to the Idaho border....
Awesome Trail Ride – Route of the Hiawatha, ID-MT
The Route of the Hiawatha is one of the most impressive rails to trails projects in the U.S. The route was the last transcontinental railroad completed during the early 20th century, linking Chicago with the Pacific Northwest. The trail runs 15-miles downhill through...
Wildflower hike with views – Olson Creek Trail, Bozeman MT
The Olson Creek Trail (also known as the Olson-Stone Trail) is a 10.3 mile moderately trafficked point-to-point trail located off of state highway 86 near Bozeman, Montana. The trail is a moderate climb, of just less than 700 feet in the 6 mile section we hiked. The...
Skiing Posts
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Sightseeing Posts
Rocky Brook and Murhut Falls – Hood Canal – Washington
Rocky Brook Falls and Murhut Falls are two short waterfall hikes on the Hood Canal side of the Olympic Peninsula, about twelve miles apart on Highway 101 near Brinnon, Washington. Together they make a comfortable morning — a little over three miles of walking for two...
Salt Creek Recreation Area – Port Angeles – Washington
Salt Creek Recreation Area is a 196-acre (79 ha) county park on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Port Angeles, Washington, and just north of Olympic National Park. It holds some of the best tidepools on the West Coast, a set of World War II...
Mount Spokane State Park – Spokane – Washington
Mount Spokane State Park is a 12,444-acre park in the Selkirk Mountains about 30 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington, with 100 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails and panoramic views from the 5,883-foot (1,793 m) summit. It is the largest state park in...
Olympic National Park – Hurricane Ridge & Sol Duc – WA
Olympic National Park covers nearly a million acres on Washington's Olympic Peninsula and holds three distinct ecosystems inside one boundary — glaciated peaks, temperate rainforest, and 73 miles of wild Pacific coastline. It's big enough that no one visits all of it,...
California Redwoods Guide – Highway 101 – California
The coast California redwoods parks of Northern California run about 150 miles (240 km) along Highway 101, from Crescent City near the Oregon border south to Garberville. This guide covers that whole corridor: the four parks of Redwood National and State Parks in the...
Lost Coast Scenic Drive – Mattole Road – California
The Lost Coast Scenic Drive runs from the Victorian town of Ferndale south along Mattole Road — locally known as the Wildcat — to the ocean at Cape Mendocino, then inland through Honeydew and the Mattole River valley to Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Allow about four...
Madaket Harbor Cruise – Humboldt Bay – California
The M.V. Madaket is a 1910 passenger ferry that runs narrated cruises on Humboldt Bay from the foot of C Street in Old Town Eureka, California. It is the oldest passenger vessel in continuous service in the United States, and it carries what is reportedly the smallest...
Tall Trees Grove – Redwood National Park – California
The Tall Trees Grove Trail is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) round trip hike to an alluvial flat along Redwood Creek in Redwood National Park, where the soil, water, and shelter combine to grow coast redwoods that exceed 350 feet (107 m). The National Park Service rates it...
Lady Bird Johnson Grove – Redwood NP – California
The Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) loop through old-growth coast redwood in Redwood National Park, about ten minutes north of Orick, California. The National Park Service allows 45 to 60 minutes for it, the grade is gentle throughout, and it's...
Lassen Volcanic National Park Guide – California
Lassen Volcanic National Park covers about 106,000 acres (43,000 ha) in Northern California, roughly 50 miles (80 km) east of Redding, and it is the only place on earth where you can see all four types of volcano — shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome —...