Travel, Explore, and Capture--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...
Biking Posts
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
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...
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...
Fairly easy but picturesque hike – Rock Park in Castle Rock Colorado
Rock Park features 1.5 miles of rocky and somewhat steep trails that offer a loop around Castle Rock and panoramic views of downtown Castle Rock, the Interstate 25 corridor, Pikes Peak and the Front Range. Despite the climb and the rockiness of some sections, the...
Mount Falcon Park, Morrison CO
Mount Falcon is a very scenic county park in Morrison, Colorado that offers more than 12 miles of challenging hiking and multi-use trails in an over 2,000 acre park. Only the relatively short (1.7 miles) Turkey Trot trail is marked for hiking only, making Mount Falcon...
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...