Category: Hiking

Smoke and Rain

Smoke and Rain

The jungle sounds of chirping birds, buzzing cicadas, and rhythmic crickets abruptly ceased as if the forest possessed a global “mute” button.  And then it came. The sound of a thousand stampeding hooves filled our ears.  We could feel the ground start to tremble as the noise came closer.  We hoped the protection of our…

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Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park

We arrived at Shenandoah National Park after a 5 hour drive from Delaware.  The park was beautiful, and had an almost jungle-like feel to it.  What stood out the most, however, was the history park;  a history that left us with a feeling of both resentment and admiration. The park was created in the 1930s…

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Tumbling up a Mountain

Tumbling up a Mountain

One of the many lessons we have learned on this trip:  no matter how crowded or intimate the locale, if you see empty seats available at an eatery or pub, don’t be afraid to ask if they are available.  The worse case is the people next to the seats say, “no, they are not.” The…

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Mountains Again!

Mountains Again!

I may be using the term “mountain” liberally, but it was an exciting moment to see a relative peak on the horizon as we drove into Adirondack Park in New York.  The tallest peak here may only be just over 5,000’, but it’s still a beautiful site to see after a month or two of…

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Wow, just WOW!

Wow, just WOW!

Written while sitting in a dive bar in Middleport, New York Niagara Falls has been on the list of one of the many places we wanted to visit while on this year long adventure. However, we would not say that it was on the top of our list. To be honest, we had fairly low…

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