Wells State Park

I recently took a quick drive over to Wells State Park to take a little walk in the wood. Wells is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts and boasts a large number of camping, RV, and yurt sites. It also has a lake for recreational boating and fishing. You can read all about it on the mass.gov […]

Leadmine Mountain / Heins Farm

The combination of trail systems at Leadmine Mountain and Heins Farm are the trails I consider to be my home base. I have logged many miles in these woods and rarely need to consult a map any more. Located in Sturbridge, MA, these trails aren’t crazy in terms of elevation but offer great hiking and […]

From the top of Garfield

A video I took from the top of Mount Garfield – 360 view around the surrounding the summit!

Partial Pemi Loop – Part 2

Given our day of strenuous hiking on Day 1, Dan and I slept like rocks and woke up a little stuff but generally no worse for wear. There wasn’t any running water around so we got by with melted snow to cook our breakfast. My JetBoil performed like a champ and I had brought a little […]

Partial Pemi Loop – Part 1

The Pemi Loop is a collection of trails in the White Mountains that connect to create a lollipop loop out of the Lincoln Woods Visitor Center. It is considered one of the best hikes in the Northeast given its route over a whole bunch of 4,000 footers in NH. It is a strenuous hike (as […]

Zion National Park – Watchman Trail

We moved on from Bryce Canyon to our next stop, Zion National Park. Zion is different from any other National Park in that it is really only accessible via a shuttle bus that takes you up and down the park. I guess the idea is to minimize the vehicle traffic. While relatively close to Bryce […]

Bryce Canyon – Fairyland Loop

The day after Mossy Cave, it was time for some alone time. I wanted to get a decent day hike in and decided to do the Fairyland Loop in Bryce Canyon National Park. The loop itself is about 8 miles and begins and ends at Fairyland Point. Due to time, I cut off a couple […]

Mossy Cave Trail

We drove north from Page to hit Bryce Canyon and Zion up in Utah. We were quite surprised to run into snow! I suppose it was May and that wasn’t out of the realm of possibility but we weren’t prepared from a clothing perspective. But we layered up and made the best of it. As […]

Antelope Canyon

Also in Page, AZ is Antelope Canyon. There are actually two sections of this canyon, Lower and Upper. We went to Lower which is less busy and (I think) cooler to look at. These canyons are formed by flash flooding. Fast moving water is what has carved them over time – that’s what leaves the […]

Glen Canyon Dam and Horseshoe Bend

From Sedona, we traveled to Page, Arizona to see Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon (future post). We also took a river tour below the Glen Canyon Dam that took us around Horseshoe Bend – a totally different perspective form the top! Page was a small town, seemingly dependent on tourism for most of its economy. […]