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Hiking Posts
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...
Lake Louise to Jasper on the Icefields Parkway
The Icefields Parkway is a 140+ mile highway through Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta, Canada. It's amazing combination of more than 100 glaciers, dozens of beautiful blue-green mountain lakes, incredible peaks, and mountain vistas makes it with out a doubt...
Banff National Park – Hoodoos Trail
Hoodoos Trail is a 1.8 mile trail that overlooks the Bow River and Mount Rundle near the Tunnel Mountain Campground in Banff, Alberta, Canada. As the name implies, the trail winds to an overlook of a handful of hoodoos and a beautiful view of the river below. Here's a...
Bozeman Hike – Pine Creek Trail
Pine Creek Falls Trail is a very busy and popular short hike to a beautiful waterfall. The Pine Creek trailhead is on the east side of Paradise Valley about ten miles south of Livingston, MT, an approximately 40 minute drive from Bozeman along I-90. The Pine Creek...
Bozeman Hike – Drinking Horse Mountain Trail
Drinking Horse Mountain Trail is a great shorter hike that's near Bozeman, but offers really awesome panoramic views at the top. The trail is a 3.5 mile loop composed of a figure eight that climbs over 700 feet from Bridger Creek at the bottom to the 5,522 foot summit...
Bozeman Hike – Middle Cottonwood Creek Trail
Middle Cottonwood Creek Trail is a moderate hike of about six miles out and back that follows the path of Cottonwood Creek for nearly the entire trail. This provides great views of various waterfalls, cascades, and pools, as well as several easy creek crossings. At...
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...
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Sightseeing Posts
Beautiful Bike Rides–Katy Trail, Missouri
The Katy Trail is country's longest developed recreational rail trail. The Katy Trail runs 240 miles (390 km), largely along the northern bank of the Missouri River, in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. The trail is open year-round from...
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...
Great St Petersburg, FL bike trail with a view–Skyway Trail
The Skyway Trail is a great extension that's been added to the Pinellas Trail. The two trails connect in central St Petersburg just North of Childs Park, between 43rd Street S and 40th Street S. The Skyway Trail heads South through a somewhat confusing and poorly...
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...
Amazing Bike and Boat Tour of the Greek Isles
We recently went on an almost unbelievable bike and boat tour of the Greek Islands. The tour was on a motor-yacht called the Panagiota. The Panagiota is a 75 foot (23 meter), two masted motor yacht with a large common dining area, and ten cabins able to house 20...
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...
Tour of Athens by Ebike
After several days of sightseeing in and around Athens, we found the absolute most fun and engaging way to see the city was by Ebike (electrically assisted) tour. We booked a three hour Morning EBike tour through Athens by Bike, 16 Athanasiou Diakou str., Athens 117...
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...
