Hiking
Acadia 2025 – Day 1: Great Head and Gorham Mountain
We had a great first day in Acadia. This was our first time seeing the park in the winter and we had a great day with a morning swim and 2 hikes to a couple of our favorite spots. Thank goodness for micro spikes!
Read MoreBirthday Hike up Cannon
What an incredible day with my daughter. We took advantage of the updated weather forecast of cool temps and no thunderstorms and drove north to conquer her second 4000 footer, Mt Cannon, after taking her up Eisenhower a couple weeks ago. I don’t think it’s possible to have more fun that we had. She DJ’ed…
Read MoreLonesome Lake Winter Hike
Our last Christmas present from Diane (Christine’s mom) was the gift of a day of hiking up north all by ourselves. Despite a late start and a return home to retrieve forgotten ski poles, We started up the mountain just before noon. I suppose that referring to Lonesome Lake as a mountain is a little bit generous (and a little bit of an insult to real mountains). But it is about 1000 feet of elevation in a little bit over mile, so it’s not exactly a stroll either.
We really could not have asked for a better day to go for a hike. The night before the mountain…
Read MoreSouth Kaibab Trail – Grand Canyon
Yesterday we hiked the South Kaibab Trail on the south rim down to Cedar Point, about 3 miles round trip and about 1000 feet of elevation. When you start the trail you start dropping in elevation immediately, switchback after switchback after switchback after (well I think you get the idea). The picture below is from…
Read MoreDeath Valley – Day 2 (Mt. Perry)
We started our death Valley hiking adventure yesterday with a hike up to Mount Perry. Before starting the hike we took some sunrise photos from Zabriskie point. The hike itself was absolutely amazing. It was a ridgeline hike of about 4 miles (1 way) with death Valley on one side and another set of mountains…
Read MoreHello Guadalupe and Carlsbad Caverns
After saying goodbye to Big Bend National Park and a long drive (about 300 miles or so) we said hello to our next national park, Guadalupe Mountain NP. It’s definitely small by National Park standards but very pretty. We decided to hike into McKittrick Canyon despite being road weary and a little hiked out after…
Read MoreGoodbye Big Bend
We left BigBend this afternoon and had an amazing time there. Only real downside was the smog from Mexico, which was obscuring some views depending on which way the wind was blowing. Yesterday we let the smog dictate a different hike mid way through. We started up Emory peak, but opted for the South Rim…
Read MoreFarm to Market Road
Below are a few highlights of our drive from Marfa (along the Rio Grande) to Big Bend National Park. We seemed to stop every 5 min because it was so beautiful and you know how we love our pictures. We did a couple short hikes and had a wonderful picnic overlooking some enormous plateaus/mesas. We…
Read MoreSeptember 2010 Pictures Posted
We have been trying to only post pictures once a month, both for our sanity and the sanity of others, but we’ve had some unofficial complaints from sources who will remain nameless. All I can say is that we will try to upload more often. At this moment Helena is treating me to a now…
Read MoreHome Again
We arrived home this afternoon and were greeted by a very happy and excited little girl (who changed so much in just 5 days it’s scarry). We had an amazing trip and I for one can’t believe it’s over. I hope to have much more to say about our adventures in the next few days…
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