I have to admit that most of my Texas adventures have been south of the state’s panhandle. However, one park that I’ve enjoyed more than once was Palo Duro Canyon State Park, located only 30 miles from Amarillo near I-27. Known as “The Grand Canyon of Texas” (although they don’t have much in common in [...]
Have you ever dreamed of walking through a desert canyon, discovering a stream, and then palm groves, and finally ending at a lovely waterfall? Well, maybe not that exactly, but have you ever dreamed of a hike somewhat similar to this? I can’t say I ever have, but I was able to discover a hike [...]
The Teanaway region of Washington is beautiful (I think I said that in another post, but I’ll say it again here because it’s true…it’s lovely!). However, almost any region has its trails that are really hyped up, but actually don’t give you what you were expecting. Ingalls Pass fits this description nicely. There are views [...]
One of the things I’ve realized about Glacier National Park is that they don’t tell you about all of the trails that are out there. You look at the literature they give you, and there’s a lot of hiking, mostly to lakes. However, the scope of hiking in the park goes far beyond what’s in [...]
Ok, so we finally did find the Summer Blossom Trail…it took us a while, but we finally did find it! After finishing up the Summit Trail hike the day before, we continued down the road for another two miles and came upon a sign on the left side of the road: “Summer Blossom Trail: Maintained [...]
Driven away from the Mount Baker/North Cascades area due to too much snow, and unable to visit other places on our Washington itinerary due to unfavorable weather reports, I needed to find someplace nice to spend a day. I’d read about a trail in central Washington (which was supposed to have good weather) called “Summer [...]
The view from Earl Peak has got to be one of the best in the entire Teanaway region of Washington State. Well, Bean Peak, across the valley, rivals this view, but they are quite different senses of “best”: from Bean Peak, you get a close-up view of Mount Stewart as well as several other Cascade [...]
The Teanaway region of Washington State has some fantastic trails. I don’t mean that the trails are crazy (although that may be true, as well); the views from the trails are absolutely stunning. Not the least of these trails leads up to Bean Peak, where breathtaking views await those who make the scramble to the [...]
The Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park isn’t open much of the year. In fact, of the five times I’ve visited the park, it’s only been open once to car travel. However, when it is open, it can be a fun hike, as well as a nice drive. The road is one-way [...]
Glacier National Park has always been synonymous in my mind with rain. From my experience, “Partly Cloudy” means “Pouring Rain All Day”. However, on our last trip to the park, Glacier redeemed itself: although it did rain two of the three days we were there, it never downpoured, and we never got soaked while trying [...]
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