The Milford Track was one of the greatest adventures of our travels and the one we had been planning for months. It is a four day, three night, 33.5 mile hike along the ‘finest walk in the world’. The path is historic having been discovered in the 1880’s and leads hikers through green forests, into…
Everglades National Park was always intended more to preserve wildlife than to preserve scenery like most other parks. During our one night visit, this became obvious. Day 115 – 116 November 25 – November 26, 2014 Miles 14591 – 14770 After leaving the Florida Keys, we drove straight to Everglades National Park, arriving around 2pm at the…
The trees of Joshua Tree National Park reminded us of our trip… their branches twisting and turning in many unexpected directions. Days 74 – 76 October 15 – October 17, 2014 Miles 8286 – 8597 We took Route 10 from LA to Joshua Tree. Erin and Adam travel route 10 often and gave us some…
Yosemite was one of the stops we were looking forward to the most. It seems that nearly everyone you ask says Yosemite is their favorite national park. Additionally, we had been planning our hike of the infamous half-dome cable route for months. Days 58 – 61 September 29 – October 2, 2014 Miles 6753 –…
Named “Deep Blue Lake” at different times by different sets of explorers, and for a good reason. I was very impressed with Crater Lake. It was one of those places that I was worried wouldn’t meet my expectations, but it was absolutely beautiful and we had a great time there. Days 44 – 46 September…
Mt. Rainier can be seen from Seattle, but it is a national park so we wanted the up-close and personal experience. For two nights we camped on different sides of Mt. Rainier and we did two 5 mile hikes while at the park. Days 40-42 September 11 – September 13, 2014 Miles 5218 – 5397 …
We really enjoyed Glacier even though our time there was marred by chilly, cloudy weather. The famous Going to the Sun Road was interesting, but more than anything else we enjoyed the hikes we did at the park. Days 27-31 August 29 – September 2, 2014 Miles 3854 – 4235 Just before entering…
After leaving the Badlands we drove to Rapid City. We had planned on eating at a brewery we saw advertised, but instead (based on Yelp reviews) changed our minds and went to Murphy’s Pub which was a very nice surprise with food we really enjoyed. The town of Rapid City was cute. They have statues…
On our way out of Cleveland we stopped at a Panera so Jon could work for a few hours. Then we headed west towards Illinois, but before getting to our next set destination, Chicago, we had one night to spend on the road. We promptly exited the Ohio Toll Road and instead opted for a…
Last year we bought a new tent; our first joint camping purchase! Being the thorough people we are, we did our research before any money was spent. Below is an abbreviated guide to choosing the tent for you, based on what we learned. Car camping vs Backpacking What type of camping will you be doing?…
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