Panama Travelog #15
El Valle, Panama - Tue, 24 Dec 2024. 2pm.

The trail up to La Dormida is steep. And I don't know that we're going to see anything at the top. I mean, I don't think we'll be able to see the legendary figure of La Dormida; we'll be standing on it. Though we should get a commanding view of the valley- actually a volcanic caldera- ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #8
Linden, VA - Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 4:30pm

After visiting my niece Mattie and her boyfriend Kai over lunch in Front Royal today we refined our plans for the rest of the day. We already had plans to meet my cousin Matt and his family for dinner 30-45 minutes east, but Mattie needed to leave for work by 1:30 so several hours ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #28
Back at the hotel in Boone, NC - Fri, 6 Sep 2024. 6pm

The hike to Glen Burney and Glen Marie falls earlier today took more out of us than we expected. Partly that's because all the hiking we did yesterday- starting with Otter Falls, then Waterfall Park, then Upper Creek Falls, then Linville Falls- took a lot out of us. So ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #23
Linville, NC - Thu, 5 Sep 2024. 5:30pm

After finishing our hike at Upper Creek Falls this afternoon we called an audible and chose to drive to Linville Gorge next. Somehow it wasn't on our itinerary as browsing through AllTrails earlier in the week didn't turn up any obviously rewarding waterfalls trails we could hike. I ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #19
Seven Devils, NC - Thu, 5 Sep 2024. 11:30am

We got going earlier today than yesterday. It wasn't hard since we didn't leave our hotel until about 11am yesterday. Today we were out by 10. Maybe by tomorrow we'll leave actually early ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #23
Outside Seward - Tue, 18 Jun 2024, 4:30pm

Today's been a day of shorter hikes and visits around Seward. We started with a milder hike to an overlook of the Exit Glacier ("milder" being in comparison to our butt-kicker of a hike partway above the glacier on Monday), followed by a bit of gentle 4x4ing on the river bed. Now we've ( Read more... )

Alaska Travelog #4
Eagle River - Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 11:45am

After getting an earlier-than-expected start this morning ( I'm running on 5 hours sleep) we drove northeast from Anchorage to hike a pair of waterfalls in Chugach State Park. The first of these is South Fork Falls, aka Barbara Falls, near Eagle River ( Read more... )

Our day of driving a big loop west and north of Auckland, NZ to hike a bunch of waterfalls was fun. We finished the day aiming to see Waitangi Falls. It turned out that the park it was in, Omeru Scenic Reserve, had not one but three falls. One of them wasn't even shown on the map though it was a nice little falls and the trail led right to it. The ( Read more... )

Yesterday we hiked Zim Zim Falls in a remote part of Napa County. As I noted in my previous blog, just getting there seemed like half the adventure. But then you get out on foot on the trail and realize the adventure has just begun. There are nine water crossings on the way to Zim Zim Falls. Oh, and a climb up a mountain. I put together a video ( Read more... )

This past Sunday we broke our spell of being stay-home slugs over the weekend and got out hiking. We'd been saying for a few weeks, "Let's go hiking this weekend." Yesterday was the day we finally did it ( Read more... )