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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...
Nice rails to trails – Spokane River Centennial Trail, WA
The Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail is a 40-mile, 526-acre paved trail through eastern Washington from Spokane's Nine Mile Recreation Area on Lake Spokane to the Idaho border. Its a wide and rideable trail, but has some climbing mostly on the Western side of...
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 Couer d’Alenes, ID
The Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes was named one of the 25 top trails in the nation in 2010 by the Rails to Trails Conservancy. The 73-mile paved trail spans the Idaho panhandle between Mullan and Plummer. The trail follows the Silver Valley, along the Coeur d’Alene...
Scenic Drive – Spearfish Canyon MT
Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway is a 22-mile drive through thousand-foot-high limestone palisades of three different types in shades of brown, pink and gray. The drive begins at Exit 10 or Exit 14 off Interstate 90 in Spearfish, MT or from the other direction at...
Amazing scenery on Needles Highway – Custer State Park SD
Needles Highway is one of the three scenic drives we visited in Custer State Park, SD and Black Hills National Park outside Rapid City, South Dakota. All three are part of the Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway, named for the visionary senator and governer of South Dakota...
Picturesque mountain bike trail – Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park in Rapid City SD
Hanson-Larsen Memorial Park (HLMP) is a non-profit, privately-operated park, near historic downtown Rapid City. HLMP is home to more than 34 miles of world-class recreational trails on 300 acres of challenging Black Hills terrain The park offers trails for hikers,...
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
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...
Awesome hike in Denver metro – William F. Hayden Park on Green Mountain
With more than 2,400 acres of open space, William Frederick Hayden Park on Green Mountain is the second largest park in Lakewood. The park features a challenging network of multi-use trails. The 6,800 ft. summit of Green Mountain Trail offers unique and stunning views...
Easy hike with scenic views – Bluff Regional Park
Bluff Regional Park is an easy hike on an easily accessed trail of just less than four miles in Littleton, CO. The 3.72 mile trail has an easy 200 feet of elevation change, but provides beautiful views of the Colorado Front Range, the Denver metro area, and local...
Amazing trail infrastructure – Denver Greenway Trails
Denver is home to an amazing amount of trails and parks, one outstanding example is the more than 170 miles of Denver Greenway Trails. Composed of numerous trails all over the Denver metro area, including the High Line Trail, South Platte River Trail, and Clear Creek...
Nature ride in the city – Bear Creek Trail
Bear Creek Trail is a 12.5 mile greenway trail from Denver to Morrison CO, just outside of Red Rocks Amphitheater. The trail starts at an intersection with the South Platte River Trail and the Mary Carter Greenway Trail near the Riverpoint at Sheridan Shopping Area in...
Fun Denver Greenway Trail – Clear Creek Trail
The Clear Creek Trail is an eighteen mile paved trail from Denver to Golden, Colorado's first capital city. The trail runs from the South Platte River trail near where it crosses I-76 and winds along Clear Creek through a variety of areas including neighborhoods,...
Scenic Denver Greenway Trail – Cherry Creek Trail
The Cherry Creek Trail is a 40-mile concrete trail that stretches from Confluence Park in downtown Denver along Cherry Creek, through a trail complex near Cherry Creek Reservoir, and ultimately ending in Franktown. Similar to the other Denver Greenway trails, Cherry...
Great Denver Greenway Trail – South Platte River Trail
The South Platte River Trail is a 26+ mile trail that winds South through Denver from Brighton to Englewood. The trail follows the Platte River through Denver's urban landscape, including several industrial portions, and visits the trendy River North Art (RiNo) and...
Short trail to great area — Gulfport Spur
Gulfport Spur is a fun short addition to the Pinellas Trail, and amazingly is one of 30 side trails off of the main trail. You can see the list and locations on the Pinellas Country Trails Network map. The Gulfport Spur heads South from the Pinellas Trail just before...
Pinellas Bayway Trail to Fort DeSoto St Petersburg Florida
The Pinellas Bayway Trail is relatively short trail at a little less than four miles, but is a great connector between the bike lanes through the St Petersburg barrier islands, Fort DeSoto State Park, and the Skyway Bridge Trail. The Bayway trail is pretty straight...
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Sightseeing Posts
Incredible outdoor adventures – Zion National Park, Utah
Zion National Park is Utah's first national park. It was granted national park status in 1919, after starting out as Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909. “Mukuntuweap” is the Paiute Indian word for “straight canyon” or “straight river” . The main focus of Zion...
Visit to Gatorland – Best Florida Bird Rookery
Gatorland is a 110-acre theme park, wildlife preserve, and bird rookery in Florida, located south of Orlando. Gatorland is billed as the "Alligator Capital of the World," and features thousands of alligators (including rare leucistic alligators), crocodiles, and many...
Amazing scenery and Northern Lights – Winter trip to Fairbanks, AK
October proved to be a great time to visit Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks is located approximately 350 miles North of Anchorage and 500 miles South of Prudhoe Bay, on the Northern Coast of Alaska. Fairbanks is also located approximately 200 road miles (140 air miles)...
Amazing trip to the Scottish Isles – Scotland Bike and Schooner
We've done four bike and barge trips now, and they just keep getting better and better! If you aren't familiar, bike and barges are trips where you live on a boat for the duration of trip but then the boat takes you to several different locations for you to bicycle...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 7 – Edinburgh
On the 7th day we departed early from the ship and traveled by bus to our hotel in South Queensferry, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Queensferry is known for it's three bridges that all cross the Firth of Forth to North Queensferry. On the way into Queensferry, we...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 6 – Tobermory to Glengorm Castle
Our last day on the bikes unfortunately started out as another wet one. Because of the weather forecast and steady morning rain, only about half of the riders made the revised ride to Glengorm Castle and back. The revised ride was only about 12 miles (19 km) round...
Scotland Bike and Barge Day 5 – Salen to Tobermory
Bike day 5 was our first rainy day of the trip. Because of the rain we waved off the side trip (10 miles round trip) to the brilliant white beach of Calgary Bay and continued directly back to Tobermory. The Flying Dutchman made the short trip in the morning to drop us...
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...