Categories Adventure Travel Dog-Friendly Domestic Hiking Mountain goats on the McCullough Gulch Trail hike in Colorado Posted on Posted onSeptember 12, 2023October 24, 2024By Heather Something always stands between me and the goats. I haul all my stupid, heavy photography gear on my back for miles into thinning air, hoping … Continue ReadingMountain goats on the McCullough Gulch Trail hike in Colorado
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Paradise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak Posted on Posted onJune 25, 2022June 25, 2022By Heather This story is continued from Western Kitsch: The Black Hills of South Dakota. After our gripping adventure rerouting several hours out of our way from … Continue ReadingParadise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Hiking The 50-Miler That Wasn’t: Indiana’s Knobstone Trail Posted on Posted onJune 26, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather I set two simple outdoor fitness goals this year – hike and summit at least one 14,000-foot peak, and segment hike a 50-miler. I tend … Continue ReadingThe 50-Miler That Wasn’t: Indiana’s Knobstone Trail
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic White Sands National Park, New Mexico Posted on Posted onApril 20, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather The last time I saw White Sands was more than two decades ago, when it was still a national monument. My younger brother and I … Continue ReadingWhite Sands National Park, New Mexico
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Shiras Moose Sighting in Golden Gate Canyon State Park Posted on Posted onNovember 14, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather On the way into Blackhawk, Colorado, where I was staying at a beautiful little cabin in the woods as a home base for my exploration … Continue ReadingShiras Moose Sighting in Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Categories Domestic Short Stops Two-Day Business Trip to Boston, Massachusetts Posted on Posted onNovember 4, 2018May 26, 2024By Heather Boston, Massachusetts. One of the nation’s oldest cities. Pivotal place in the American Revolution. 2018 World Series champions. Destination of our short business trip to … Continue ReadingTwo-Day Business Trip to Boston, Massachusetts
Categories Domestic Hiking How to Spend a Long Weekend in San Diego Posted on Posted onMarch 29, 2018August 25, 2023By Heather I found myself back in San Diego, California for the second spring in a row for a conference. Last year, my sister-in-law and her three … Continue ReadingHow to Spend a Long Weekend in San Diego
Categories Dog-Friendly Domestic Dog-Friendly Minneapolis Road Trip! Posted on Posted onSeptember 5, 2017November 20, 2021By Heather Part of my beagle’s bucket list was to take a short road trip. We chose Minneapolis because it is a short enough drive (about 6.5 … Continue ReadingDog-Friendly Minneapolis Road Trip!