by Tony Davis | Jan 21, 2025 | Hiking, Iceland, Sightseeing
One of the highlights of my Iceland trip was the Thorsmork Super Jeep Tour. Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) is a nature reserve in the southern Icelandic highlands. It is one of Iceland’s most popular hiking destinations and an amazing location for photography and...
by Tony Davis | Jan 2, 2025 | Biking, Hiking, Maryland, Nature, Sightseeing, Washington D.C.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park Canal Trail isn’t really a rail trail, it started as a towpath along the canal. But, it’s so scenic and in such a great area that it had to make our list! The 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio...
by Tony Davis | Jul 20, 2024 | California, Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Photography, Sightseeing, Wildlife
The Tall Trees Grove trail is a great, shorter hike near Orick, California with access to some amazing Redwoods. The Tall Trees Grove is in a valley around Redwood Creek, so the trees there are surrounded by 4-5 foot tall ferns and a variety of smaller trees. The...
by Tony Davis | Jul 12, 2024 | Hiking, Nature, Oregon, Sightseeing
We drove up the Columbia River Gorge to do some hiking and take photos of the amazing scenery. The Columbia River Gorge has the greatest concentration of high waterfalls in North America. We were able to visit three of them in a short day’s drive, and still had...
by Tony Davis | Apr 5, 2024 | Biking, Hiking, Nature
Banks-Vernonia State Trail is a 21 mile easy-grade, linear rail trail from Banks, Oregon to Vernonia, Oregon. The Banks-Vernonia State Trail is the first rail trail in Oregon, and repurposes a route that was once used to haul lumber from old-growth forests to...
by Tony Davis | Oct 23, 2023 | Hiking, National Parks, Nature, Photography, Sightseeing, USA, Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park, located near Tropic, Utah, is home to the world’s largest grouping of hoodoos. Hoodoos are the distinctive rock formations found throughout Bryce Canyon. The hoodoos are are pillars of sandstone and other fine-grained sedimentary rock...
