*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog In 2008 we hiked Mount Katahdin. It was my first time attempting a real hiking challenge and the hardest hike I had ever done. We were heading to Maine to attend a wedding and decided to hike the 5,267-foot …
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*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Lake Twentytwo is one of my favorite day hikes in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and only about one and a half hour northeast of Seattle. But because it’s such a beautiful alpine lake and perfect day hike, it …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog As I stood misty eyed in the early morning just after the sun had peeked over the hoodoos, looking into the amphitheater in Bryce Canyon national park, I remembered how everyone kept saying that hiking all of the Utah …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog I saw a commercial one day touting the beauty of Utah’s Mighty 5 National Parks and it was instant love. I had to hike Utah’s national parks. It became a serious bucket list item, right up there with “Hike …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Grand Canyon National Park is not only a beautiful national park the grand canyon is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. There’s a lot to see here and plenty of ways to enjoy the park, from …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Located in the Atlantic Ocean and the central group of the 9 islands in the Azores archipelago, the island of Pico doesn’t seem to get as much love as some of the other Azores islands. Second in size to …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Pico Island is part of the central group of nine Azores Islands and is the youngest and second largest island in the Azores archipelago and one of the most unique places on earth. With evidence of recent volcanic activity …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog You’ve seen the Instagram posts everywhere and the computer screen backgrounds of Antelope Canyon. The vibrant orange and swirling stone is like something from another world. It doesn’t seem real. But it is. That’s why so many flock to …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog The city of Bruges, with its UNESCO world heritage site and picturesque cobblestone streets, is a great way to spend a day. Many say that it’s over touristed and that takes away from some of its beauty, but I …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog I never expected to visit not only Belgium’s capital but the European Capital, Brussels when I did. It was purely an accident. A beautiful, though somewhat stressful, accident. I was just travelling through, connecting in Brussels on my way …