Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Essays Hiking River reconnection: backpacking the North Fork Skokomish River Trail in Olympic National Park Posted on Posted onAugust 23, 2023March 9, 2025By Heather Why would any sane, rational human being leave the comfort of their home with air … Continue ReadingRiver reconnection: backpacking the North Fork Skokomish River Trail in Olympic National Park
Categories Domestic Travel Tips Voyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota Posted on Posted onAugust 8, 2022June 9, 2024By Heather It appears that 2022 is the year I visit national parks experiencing extraordinary flooding events. … Continue ReadingVoyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota
Categories Domestic 1% of 1% of Yellowstone National Park Posted on Posted onMay 29, 2022January 28, 2025By Heather June 15, 2022 – Yellowstone National Park Update: I published this story just two weeks … Continue Reading1% of 1% of Yellowstone National Park
Categories Domestic Hiking Western Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota Posted on Posted onMay 21, 2022March 15, 2025By Heather We daydreamed about visiting Badlands area for years. We were drawn by the mystique of … Continue ReadingWestern Kitsch: The Black Hills, South Dakota
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 … Continue ReadingWhite Sands National Park, New Mexico
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Bryce Canyon National Park Posted on Posted onJanuary 12, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather Bryce Canyon in southern Utah is the last of the four national parks I visited … Continue ReadingBryce Canyon National Park
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Capitol Reef National Park Posted on Posted onDecember 19, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather Capitol Reef National Park was the major destination on my 3-week long national parks road … Continue ReadingCapitol Reef National Park
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Finding Perspective at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Posted on Posted onNovember 27, 2020March 23, 2025By Heather I booked this cottage in Montrose, Colorado because I needed a place to stay close … Continue ReadingFinding Perspective at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Categories Domestic Hiking Outdoor Attractions at Colorado Springs Posted on Posted onSeptember 30, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather I’m sitting in front of a fire in my sweats, under a red, chunky knit … Continue ReadingOutdoor Attractions at Colorado Springs
