As we headed into New Hampshire, we started to get a little nervous about the upcoming White Mountains from all the stories we were hearing from north bound thru hikers: The climbs were gonna be terrible…
Once we left Katahdin Stream Campground, we faced our next challenge- hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness. While we have backpacked a lot, our longest trek has only been about 60 miles. So I knew that hiking…
We have just arrived in Monson to Shaw’s hiker hostel and will be out of service for a while as we tackle our biggest hike yet and Naomi begins her thru hike southbound on The Appalachian…
Even though it is months away, I have been BUSY planning our upcoming summer road trip. And that’s because every single National Park has a unique system for awarding backpacking and wilderness permits, with different dates…
Naomi and I were having a fantastic road trip up the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada and loved our overnight visits at several Provincial Parks including Pinery Provincial Park, MacGregor Point Provincial Park and Sauble Falls…
Any visit to White Sands National Monument is unforgettable and backpacking White Sands is even better. All you can see is hill after hill of powdery white sand for miles and the patterns that the wind…