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Hiking Posts
Great Mountain Biking at Angel Fire Bike Park, NM
Angel Fire Bike Park is the largest Bike Park in the Rocky Mountains and has been voted Best in the Southwest by MTBparks.com 4 years in a row. It features more than 2,000 vertical feet of runs, 60 miles of lift-served trails, and is suited to mountain bikers of all...
Black Mesa – Oklahoma’s Highest Point
Black Mesa is part of a series of large mesas (or buttes) in the tip of the Oklahoma panhandle, and includes the state's highest point at 4,973 feet. It comes by the name naturally, as it is capped by a large, black lava layer that appeared to be unique for the area....
Palo Duro Canyon – The Best Park You’ve Never Heard of!
Palo Duro Canyon State Park encompasses the second largest canyon in the United States. The beautiful red rock and sandstone canyon is also much more accessible than it's big brother the Grand Canyon. Palo Duro Canyon campgrounds are actually on the floor of the...
Quick Visit to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, KS
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is 22,135 acres of rare inland salt marsh and sand prairie located in Southwest Kansas near the small town of Stafford. Quivira was established in 1955 to protect vital habitat along the Central Flyway for migratory wildfowl. Quivira's...
Hike on Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell (elevation 6,684 feet) is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. Because of the altitude, many of the plants and animals are like those native to alpine environments of Canada. Because of it's height and location, Mount Mitchell makes a great...
Winter Visit to America’s First National Park
Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park, established by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. Also one of the countries largest National Parks, it covers nearly 3500 acres in Wyoming (96%), Montana (3%), and Idaho (1%). We've visited the park several...
Sundermeier RV Park – St Charles, Missouri
Third stop on our quick trip across the Midwest was at Sundermeier RV Park, a large and well outfitted park located on the Missouri River in St Charles, MO which is just West of St Louis across the river. St Charles turns out to be notable for several things. Most...
Hike and nature viewing at Circle B Bar Reserve
Circle B Bar Reserve is an interesting nature reserve of almost 1400 acres, located in Central Florida near Lakeland FL. This makes it an easy day trip from either Orlando or Tampa. Circle B Bar is called that because it was formerly a working cattle ranch, but now...
Nature Walk at Honeymoon Island, Dunedin, FL
Honeymoon Island is a great place to see lots of Florida wildlife, and offers a lot of great outdoor activities. Honeymoon Island has a very interesting beach, which features some of the best shelling in the Tampa Bay area. It's also a good place for swimming,...
Bird Photography at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
This place was a huge surprise on a freezing December day. Riverlands is located on the Mississippi River, just outside of St Louis on the Missouri side of the river. We visited to check on a report in the newspaper that a young Snowy Owl was spending some time on...
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Sightseeing Posts
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...
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...