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
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....
Fun Short Waterfall Hike – Pine Creek Falls Livingston MT
Pine Creek Falls is a fun 3.0 mile round trip hike to an impressive waterfall on Pine Creek near Livingston MT. It's not a very challenging hike, but it does have a good bit of rocky terrain and climbs almost 600 feet up to the falls. Following the falls, the trail...
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...
Amazing rails to trails – Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, ID
The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes is a 73-mile paved rail-trail across the Idaho panhandle, following the old Union Pacific rail bed from Mullan to Plummer through the Silver Valley, along the Coeur d'Alene River, past Lake Coeur d'Alene, and onto the Coeur d'Alene...
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway – Black Hills, SD
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway is a roughly 20-mile stretch of US Highway 14A through Spearfish Canyon in South Dakota's Black Hills, framed by 1,000-foot limestone walls that the U.S. Forest Service calls older than the Grand Canyon's exposed rock. Budget 45 minutes...
Amazing scenery on Needles Highway – Custer State Park SD
Needles Highway is a 14-mile stretch of South Dakota Highway 87 through Custer State Park in the Black Hills, named for the granite spires that pierce the skyline along the drive. Budget at least an hour for the drive itself, longer if you stop at the pullouts, and...
Mountain Biking M Hill – Hanson-Larsen Park, Rapid City SD
Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park is a free, nonprofit trail system on 300 acres of pine-covered hillside above downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, built around the climb to the "M" — a 112.5-foot-tall, 67-foot-wide concrete letter that has watched over the city since 1912...
Sauk Rail Trail, Iowa
The Sauk is a 33 mile concrete and asphalt rails to trails trail that runs South from Lake View to Carroll in West Central Iowa. Lake View is located at the West end of Black Hawk Lake, a 957 acre natural lake that is the southernmost glacial lake in the United...
Biking Posts
Smithville Lake Mountain Bike Trails Ride – Missouri
Smithville Lake is a 7,200 acre lake with 175 miles of shoreline, just 20 minutes North of Kansas City, Missouri. Smithville Lake also has 25 miles of hiking/biking trails, 11 miles of mountain bike trails, 2 swim beaches, 777 campsites, 2 full service marinas...
Terrific Mountain Bike Ride in Dupont State Forest, NC
Dupont State Forest near Asheville, NC is an excellent place for mountain bike riding, with more than 70 miles (113 km) of mountain bike trails winding through lush woodlands. Dupont has 73 named trails on the map, and 57 (87%) of them are intermediate. Its an easy...
Bike ride on Northern Central Railroad trail (NCR)
The Northern Central Railroad trail (NCR) is another outstanding rails-to-trails project in the Northern Virginia/Maryland/Washington DC area. The NCR trail, also known as the Torrey C. Brown Trail, covers nearly 20 miles in Maryland, stretching from Ashland Road in...
Skiing Posts
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Sightseeing Posts
Sydney Botanic Gardens
The Sydney Botanic Garden is an amazing 74 acre (30-hectare) botanical garden, event venue and public recreation area located on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district. The Sydney Botanic Garden opened in 1816, making it the oldest scientific...
Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
The Sydney Harbour Bridge climb is a highly rated attraction, and considered a must-do when visiting Sydney. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the tenth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m (440 ft) from top to water...
Bondi to Bronte Walk – Sydney
The Bondi to Bronte Walk is one of the most iconic coastal walking trails in Sydney. It winds South, past Tamarama Beach and Mackenzies Bay, from Bondi beach to Bronte Beach. The walk has amazing panoramic lookouts over the ocean and is lined from one end to the other...
Diamond Beach and Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon – Iceland
Diamond Beach is a black sand beach in Iceland where icebergs from the nearby Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon wash up on the shore. The icebergs resemble diamonds in the sun's light, giving the beach its name. The beach is called Breiðamerkursandur in Icelandic, after an...
Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
The Snaefellsnes Peninsula is a scenic region in West Iceland, boasting a diverse landscape of glaciers, mountains, lava fields, and coastal beauty. It's also home to the Snaefellsjokull National Park, the home of the Sneafellsjokull volcano that towers over the...
Thorsmork Super Jeep Tour – Iceland
One of the highlights of my Iceland trip was the Thorsmork Super Jeep Tour. Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) is a nature reserve in the southern Icelandic highlands. It is one of Iceland's most popular hiking destinations and an amazing location for photography and sightseeing....
Rails Trails – Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park Canal Trail isn't really a rail trail, it started as a towpath along the canal. But, it's so scenic and in such a great area that it had to make our list! The 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio Canal is located along...
Incredible Oregon Scenery – Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge Guide The Columbia River Gorge is an 80-mile (129 km) river canyon cutting through the Cascade Range on the Oregon-Washington border, with basalt walls rising as much as 4,000 feet (1,219 m) above the water. Congress designated 292,500 acres...
Total Solar Eclipse 24 – Lake Wappapello MO
Here are some photos and thoughts from capturing Total Solar Eclipse 24 on April 8, from Lake Wappapello State Park, MO. This was my second try at photographing an eclipse. The first one was the Annular Eclipse on Oct 14, 2023, which I captured at Zion National Park,...
Unbelievable natural scenery – Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park, located near Tropic, Utah, is home to the world's largest grouping of hoodoos. Hoodoos are the distinctive rock formations found throughout Bryce Canyon. The hoodoos are are pillars of sandstone and other fine-grained sedimentary rock...