Hiking the U.S.
We hike nearly every weekend. A habit we picked up while staying in the RV around the U.S. when the weekend was our only free time to explore. We've hiked a lot more than we've blogged unfortunately but we're trying to catch up!
Fourth of July Weekend – Zion National Park
We decided on the fly to go to Kanab, Utah for the 4th of July. We had stayed there 2 summers ago and really enjoyed the size and quaintness of the 4th of…
Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee State Park
We’ve been on our bikes so much lately that we haven’t done much hiking in this area. Luckily/unluckily Ross’s bike was out of commission for a weekend while we waited on a new…
White Sands National Monument, White, Windy and Warm
Today was kind of a laid back day. We’re both resting our wrists and hands from a beating they took last Sunday and both of our bikes are desperately in need of new…
Jungle Gardens on Avery Island
The Lafayette area of Louisiana has quite a bit to offer in public natural areas, from wildlife preserves to state parks, but the privately owned Jungle Gardens on Avery Island is one of…
5 Dangerous Hiking Mistakes via Sierra Club
After this last summer hiking in the hot hot sun of southern Utah nearly every weekend, seeing in the paper articles of peoples dangerous hiking mistakes, it made us take our casual weekend…
Hiking Bryce Canyon’s Navajo Loop and Queen’s Garden Trail
Kanab is such a great, central little town if you want to visit the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, not to mention Coral Pink…
The Wave, Grand Staircase National Monument
The Wave is one of a few places in the area that you need a pass to visit. All 20 daily tickets are given away by lottery, 10 to people around the world…
The Kanab & Coral Pink Sand Dunes Area Desert
Our first free day in Utah we headed straight for the nearest State Park, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, just north west of Kanab about 20 miles. As soon as we hit…
Sandy’s Canyon Trail, Flagstaff – A Slippery Slope to a Beautiful View
Sandy’s Canyon is one of many trails we found by accident on one of our weekend roams in the Flagstaff Area. Basically, we saw some cars parked off the side of a road…
- Environment, Hiking the U.S., National Forest Exploration with Nerds on the Road, National Parks in the U.S., Survival
Grizzly Lake Trail, Yellowstone National Park, WY
The Grizzly Lake Trail is an awesome and fairly easy hike, but be prepared to get wet. May is pretty much the middle of the wet season in Yellowstone (if the snow is…
