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 Abroad Spring Comes to the Netherlands: Exploring Scenic Landscapes Outside Amsterdam Posted on Posted onMay 18, 2023May 29, 2023By Heather My trip to the Netherlands began and ended in its busy capital, Amsterdam. I spent … Continue ReadingSpring Comes to the Netherlands: Exploring Scenic Landscapes Outside Amsterdam
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 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 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 … Continue ReadingThe 50-Miler That Wasn’t: Indiana’s Knobstone Trail
Categories Domestic Hiking The Sonoran Desert & Saguaro National Park, Arizona Posted on Posted onMay 13, 2021August 25, 2023By Heather The types of cactus and landscape change as we approach Arizona from New Mexico. The … Continue ReadingThe Sonoran Desert & Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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 Domestic Small Town America: Antimony, Utah Posted on Posted onDecember 3, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather I said I wanted peace, quiet, and serenity. Did I ever find it in Antimony, … Continue ReadingSmall Town America: Antimony, Utah
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 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 … Continue ReadingShiras Moose Sighting in Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Categories Domestic Autumn in Rocky Mountain National Park Posted on Posted onNovember 11, 2020August 25, 2023By Heather I have long hoped to string together a series of national parks to form a … Continue ReadingAutumn in Rocky Mountain 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
Categories Travel Tips Ultimate List of Gift Ideas for People Who Love to Travel Posted on Posted onOctober 12, 2018August 25, 2023By Heather The holidays are upon us. If you’re anything like me, you are wondering what to … Continue ReadingUltimate List of Gift Ideas for People Who Love to Travel
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 … Continue ReadingHow to Spend a Long Weekend in San Diego
Categories Travel Tips 15 New Year’s Travel Resolutions Ideas Posted on Posted onDecember 31, 2017August 25, 2023By Heather As 2017 comes to a close and I look forward to a clean slate in … Continue Reading15 New Year’s Travel Resolutions Ideas
Categories Adventure Travel Domestic Hiking Desert Hiking Trip to Moab, Utah Posted on Posted onOctober 10, 2017August 25, 2023By Heather This was the second leg of my annual solo hiking trip to Utah. I spent … Continue ReadingDesert Hiking Trip to Moab, Utah
