I left early this morning and arrived at the Desert Botanical Garden at 8:00 a.m., it’s opening time. It’s quite large, and took me about an hour to walk through. Next I checked out the Japanese Friendship Garden. It’s small … Continue reading
My hike this morning was almost four miles with a 925 ft. elevation gain in the South Mountain Preserve. It’s called the Hidden Valley Trail via Mormon Trail. I went with a friend I met a couple of days ago. The … Continue reading
I really like my Airbnb in Tempe for the next 3 weeks. There’s a hot tub outside and nice outdoor seating. It’s been raining since I arrived yesterday, so today I went to the Mesa Contemporary art museum. They were … Continue reading
This morning, I hiked a short 1.5 mi trail in Sabino Canyon. Then I purchased a ticket ($15) to take the tram, called the Sabino Canyon Crawler. It travels 4 mi through the canyon with nine different stops in case … Continue reading
I love to cycle and Tucson is a great place for it! I rented an e-bike and cycled 36 miles. The Cañada del Oro River Trail section along the Oro valley was my favorite and the most scenic portion. The … Continue reading
This morning I drove 30 minutes and explored the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. It took about an hour and a half for me to see most of it. There’s a lot to see! The half mile desert walk was pretty and … Continue reading
I’ve had this month long trip planned for a while now. I arrived in Phoenix yesterday, picked up my rental car and drove 1 hr. 45 mins. down to Tucson. After stopping for lunch and picking up some groceries, I unpacked at … Continue reading
Yesterday I only hiked about 2 mi. My legs were really feeling it from Tuesday’s 9 miles. First, I hiked the Black Balsam Knob via Art Loeb trail, off of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Canton, North Carolina. The views … Continue reading
My first stop yesterday morning was Gorges State Park, N.C. I hiked to Rainbow Falls and Turtleback Falls. I was going to hike a trail at Table Rock state park, but realized it wasn’t going to have the wow factor, … Continue reading
Yesterday morning I left early and drove 7 hours to my cute Airbnb in Brevard, North Carolina. I was going to do some hiking before arriving, but it was raining. I had a busy day today, but will post about … Continue reading
My flight to Portland arrived at noon yesterday. I picked up my rental car and headed for the coast. My first stop was Ecola State Park. I took a few photos looking down at Cannon Beach (photo below), which was … Continue reading
The destination for our first full day of hiking/exploration was Hanging Rock State Park. We hiked the 1 mile Lower Cascades falls trail and the 7 mile Hanging Rock, Wolf Rock, and Cooks Wall trails. The scenery was beautiful! We … Continue reading
My friend and I departed Monday from Northern Kentucky and drove to Pilot Mountain State Park in North Carolina. We hiked a 1 mile loop trail and did some tree hugging 😊 The Airbnb I reserved was located 30 minutes … Continue reading
Time to go back home to Northern Kentucky, it’s supposed to be in the 30s, time for snow skiing ⛷️
A friend joined me for five nights of my 10 night stay in St. Petersburg, Florida. We rented bicycles for 2 days and took the complimentary bus from our Airbnb to downtown St. Petersburg. There are some slots for bicycles to be stored while riding on the bus.
These are some of the sites we saw while cycling.
I love areas like this where you can cycle along the water front.
