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
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
After my husband passed in 2018 my time was filled with running my tourism business, photo shoots, and performing my duties as the Manager of an Airbnb. I was also extremely busy selling his possessions (i.e. Harley motorcycle, boat, jeep, … Continue reading
Today I hiked part of the Split Rock light house via Gitchi-Gami & Superior Hiking trail loop. The lighthouse is stunning! Not too far down the road is Gooseberry Falls State Park. The waterfalls are spectacular! I hiked about 2 … Continue reading
My first stop today was Temperance River State Park where I hiked the 2 mile Temperance River Hiking Club trail. The trail follows the gorge and river at first and then you’re hiking through woods. I drove 5 minutes to … Continue reading
This morning I drove half an hour from my lodging in Lutsen to Judge C.R. Magney State Park and hiked the 2 mile Devil’s Kettle trail to the falls. There were lots of steps. You cross this beautiful river to … Continue reading
Yesterday I arrived in Lutsen, Minnesota from Cincinnati after two flights and a 2-hour drive. It was pouring rain the entire drive, but as soon as I arrived in Lutsen it stopped so I hiked one mile round trip to … Continue reading
This morning, I drove an hour to Maligne Lake. I arrived at 7:00 a.m. and saw some elk and a fox on the way. I stopped at Medicine Lake to take a photo. I only saw a couple of people … Continue reading
Before heading to my Airbnb in Jasper for the evening, I drove a long, narrow, and winding road up Mount Edith Cavell to hike the 1 mi round trip Path of the Glacier. I wasn’t expecting it to be so … Continue reading
I departed my Airbnb in Canmore at 5:00am on July 16th to drive 225 miles along the Icefields Parkway to Jasper, Canada. Since it was so early, some of my photos are just waking up 🥱 My next post will … Continue reading
Yesterday, in addition to visiting Moraine Lake, I also went to Lake Louise, it’s not as spectacular as Moraine Lake, but it’s still very pretty. Then I hiked one mile round trip to Silverton Falls. The trail is a bit … Continue reading
I left my Airbnb at 5:00am, drove one hour to the Lake Louise Ski Resort, and boarded my reserved 6:30am shuttle to Moraine Lake. You’re no longer allowed to drive to this particular lake. I hiked a 1 km trail … Continue reading
Yesterday I flew from Portland to Calgary, Canada, picked up a rental car and drove 1 1/2 hrs. to Canmore, where my Airbnb is located for 6 nights. This morning I left my Airbnb at 4:15 am, drove to Emerald … Continue reading
Today I hiked the .7 mile Little Zig Zag trail. It was very relaxing with the water running alongside the entire trail. The waterfall at the end was nice. Then I drove to Mirror Lake and hiked 4.2 mi. It … Continue reading