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
Lush tropical nature walk near Venice, FL — Jelks Preserve
Jelks Preserve is a 600-acre nature preserve along the Myakka River near Venice, FL and Myakka River state park. It has about eight miles of loop trails through the river bottoms along along a lengthy stretch of river. The trail is mostly wide and grassy and easily...
Cool hike in St Louis, MO–Cliff Cave County Park
Cliff Cave County Park is a 525-acre public park located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is named after Cliff Cave, a natural cave located in the park that is a historical and archaeologic site. The park contains woodlands, wetlands, and rocky hillsides and has very nice...
Surprising Nature Hike in St Petersburg, FL
Our recent visit to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve was both a great surprise and a welcome find. Boyd Hill was the St Petersburg Park Superintendent who had the vision for this amazing park, back in 1958. Combined from several pieces of land, Boyd Hill is now nearly 300...
Hike to Prophet Elias Monastery – Hydra, Greece
Prophet Elias Monastery is located approximately 2.5 miles and almost 1,700 vertical feet above the harbor on the island of Hydra in Greece. The hike is a strong intermediate hike with a significant amount of climbing, but mostly on stone stairs and paths that are...
Hike to the Hollywood Sign
There are currently two options for hiking to view Hollywood, CA's iconic Hollywood sign, since the closure of the trailhead at the top of Beachwood Drive for the Hollyridge Trail. The most well known option is a 6.4 mile hike up Brush Creek Trail from the Canyon...
Nature Hike Near St Petersburg FL — Weedon Island Preserve
Weedon Island Preserve is a nicely maintained Pinellas county nature preserve, located just 5 miles North of downtown St Petersburg, FL. The preserve is more than 3,000 acres of Florida nature at its best; ranging from pine flatwoods, to tidal flats and mangrove...
Great Snowshoeing on Bear Creek Preserve Trail
Bear Creek Preserve Trail is a 5-mile out and back trail from the town of Telluride, CO up to Bear Creek Falls. It's a great hike in the Summer, and maybe even better as a Winter snowshoe adventure. Bear Creek Preserve Trail is one of Telluride's busiest and most...
Cape Breton Island – Cape Mabou Highlands Trails
Our first hike in Nova Scotia was in the really interesting Mabou Highlands. The Cape Mabou Highlands hiking trails climb along and overlook the the Northumberland Strait between Mabou and Inverness. The Highlands have three trail heads and seventeen trails that climb...
Cape Breton Island – Middle Head Trail
The Middle Head Trail is a great, shorter hike that follows a long, narrow peninsula separating two ocean bays, ending on headland cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Its well marked with another nice Cape Breton Island trail head marker, and there is plenty of...
Cape Breton Island – Skyline Trail
Skyline Trail is the most popular and iconic of the trails on Cape Breton Island, and doesn't disappoint. Skyline Trail begins at a well marked trail head with a good map and lots of parking. The trail is a little more than 4 miles round trip, or just over 5 for the...
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Sightseeing Posts
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...
Steep Hike to Scenic Overlook – Seneca Rocks, WV
Seneca Rocks are a very recognizable formation that juts more than 900 feet above the North Fork River in the Monongahela National Forest. There is a very nice visitor center at the base of the rocks that features a gift shop, rest rooms, and viewing deck. The hike to...
Hiking on West Virginia’s Highest Peak – Spruce Knob
Spruce Knob is West Virginia's highest peak at 4,863 ft. The access road to the trail is a long and winding 9-10 mile journey from the nearest major road, but is paved and well marked throughout. The peak is capped with a small viewing tower and surrounded by the 1/2...
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...
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...
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...