by Tony Davis | May 18, 2018 | Biking, Missouri
I visited Smithville Lake today for a really fun ride on some great Missouri singletrack (yes, that’s a thing!). Smithville Lake is a state park that surrounds a 7200 acre lake with over 175 miles of shoreline. It features a huge campground with almost 800...
by Tony Davis | May 3, 2018 | Locations, Sightseeing, Spain
The Andalusian region of Spain is famous for it’s pueblos blancos, beautiful white villages on the hillsides. One of the most picturesque of the pueblos blanco is the village of Mijas, located on a hillside overlooking the coastline between Malaga and Marbella...
by Tony Davis | Apr 15, 2018 | Morocco, Sightseeing
When visiting the South of Spain, it’s easy and relatively inexpensive to take the ferry over to visit Tangiers and other cities in Morocco. We chose the Algeciras to Ceuta ferry, which interestingly disembarked in the small town of Ceuta, Spain despite being...
by Tony Davis | Mar 26, 2018 | Skiing, Spain
We recently spent several days snow skiing at Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski area. What an incredible experience! There are at least five reasons we think Sierra Nevada is one of the ski world’s best kept secrets, and wouldn’t be surprised to see it...
by Tony Davis | Feb 11, 2018 | Hiking, North Carolina, Sightseeing
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...
by Tony Davis | Feb 11, 2018 | Hiking, Sightseeing, Wyoming
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...
