Makoshika State Park
October 13-14, 2024. Photo album Way out in Eastern Montana, we pulled into Makoshika State Park to book a campsite and do some hiking. My first question to the ranger was: how do you pronounce it?...
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October 15-19, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt National Park Photo album There were many ways we could have routed our road trip across the Northern United States, but I wanted to prioritize places I’d never...
View ArticleItasca State Park
October 20-21, 2024. Shores of Lake Itasca Photo album Itasca State Park is located in northern Minnesota and protects the headwaters of the Mississippi River. To be honest, I had no idea where the...
View ArticleNorth Shore Lake Superior
October 21-23, 2024. View from Shovel Point Photo album Neither of us had ever seen the Great Lakes, so we knew we had to stop by on our trek across the northern United States. With lots of folks...
View ArticlePictured Rocks National Lakeshore
October 28, 2025. Arch and debris over Lake Superior Photo album Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is an NPS unit bordering Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula. Each season it takes on a...
View ArticleCamel’s Hump
November 4, 2024. 5.7 mi. |2430′ ele.gain | 3:40 hr. Views from the trail Forest City > Long Trail > Burrows Trail Photo album After driving across a relatively flat middle of the continent, I...
View ArticleMoat Mountain Traverse
November 7, 2024. 10 mi. | 3270′ ele. gain | 7 hr. One of many views on the traverse Photo album I first started hiking as an adult in the White Mountains, back in 2005. I’d done plenty of camping and...
View ArticleMt. Greylock
November 24, 2024. 8.6 mi. | 2230′ ele. gain | 4:30 hr. | Bellows Pipe Trail and AT Snow time. Photo album Despite growing up in New England, I’d never hiked to the summit of Mt. Greylock. You’re born...
View ArticleHigh Point, New Jersey
November 27, 2024. Lake Marcia Photo album In our tour de East Coast highpoints, we traveled to the northern tip of New Jersey to visit the aptly named “High Point.” Despite going to college in New...
View ArticleCape Henlopen
December 4, 2024. Horseshoe crab Photo Album I grew up on the east coast and lived there for over 20 years. Not once had I stepped foot in the state of Delaware. On this cross-country road trip, I...
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