Tag: hiking
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A Day in Cusco Itinerary, Coca Tea + Rides with Strangers
Alright, y’all. We’re two months into 2017, and politics aside, things have been terrific. Regarding my 2017 resolutions, I’ve been kicking…cans and taking names. Well, except for one. That whole “Hit ‘Publish’ more often/post old drafts I haven’t finished thing–yeah, it hasn’t been happening. Until now! Over the summer, I went on a life-changing trip to […]
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Hiking and Ice Climbing the Catskills: Kaaterskill Falls, New York
Before we went hiking in New York on Christmas, the three of us took a different scenic day trip to The Catskills. It was my brother-in-law, Dennis’ idea to head that way when planning their trip up here. I didn’t know much about the area, other than the name sounded awfully familiar. If you’re not from […]
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Day Trip: Kent Falls State Park & Downtown Kent, Connecticut
A rainy day spent exploring the town of Kent, Connecticut and hiking nearby Kent Falls State Park.
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Hiking with Dogs in Fairfield County: Huntington State Park
Connecticut Hiking: 883 acres of exploration
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Microadventures in Fairfield County, Connecticut: Mill Hill Open Space
Last year, I read an article in The New York Times about NatGeo’s 2012 adventurer of the year, Alastair Humphreys and The Virtue of Microadventures. At the time, it struck me. It’s a lesson that took me too long to grasp: in pursuit of living a big, adventurous life, you don’t always have to go […]
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Hiking with Kids in CT: Southford Falls State Park
As I mentioned in my post about Gillette Castle State Park, my sister and I took several short day trips while she visited Connecticut. Though it was raining all morning long on this day, we went ahead and grabbed our raincoats and headed to Southford Falls State Park with Tobias in tow.
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Hiking Jenny Lake
Following three days in Yellowstone National Park, we made our way over to Grand Teton National Park. Grand Teton was originally a side note to the trip. Flights out of the area that were the most reasonably priced were coming out of Jackson Hole, and I noticed to get there from Yellowstone, we’d go through the […]
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7 Things you MUST do when you’re in Yellowstone National Park
After taking our road trip from Denver through Wyoming, we arrived late (and tired!) to Yellowstone. We woke up still tired, but ready for some action and excitement. For the three following days that we spent in Yellowstone, we had plenty. If you’ve got Yellowstone on your bucket list, I highly recommend you do the […]
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The Highest Road in the United States
This post is the second in a series about a girls’ trip I took for seven days driving from Denver, Colorado to Yellowstone National Park, to Grand Teton National Park. If you’d like, head over and read the first post about Indian Peaks Wilderness Trail in Arapaho National Forest. When I first got in touch with my […]
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Indian Peaks Wilderness Trail, Arapaho National Forest
This post is the first in a series about a girls’ trip I took for seven days driving from Denver, Colorado to Yellowstone National Park, to Grand Teton National Park. For the last three years in a row, a good friend of mine, Tina, and I have gone on a girls’ trip. On the first, […]
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