Categories Abroad Adventure Travel Hiking Experience Wonders of Wildlife and the Ancient Maya in Yucatán, Mexico Posted on Posted onFebruary 19, 2024January 15, 2025By Heather Witnessing Chichén Itzá, Wonder of the World Exploring ruins at Zona arqueológica de Coba Observing … Continue ReadingExperience Wonders of Wildlife and the Ancient Maya in Yucatán, Mexico
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 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 … Continue ReadingParadise Valley, Montana: A Cabin at the Foot of Emigrant Peak
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 Domestic 50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail Posted on Posted onNovember 22, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather My two fitness goals this year were to summit another 14,000-foot peak and do a … Continue Reading50 Miles on the Flint Hills Nature Trail
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Hiking Huron Peak 14er in Colorado Posted on Posted onAugust 31, 2021August 8, 2023By Heather Fear has been a consistent companion in my life. At age 10, I negotiated my … Continue ReadingHiking Huron Peak 14er in Colorado