Another super fun rafting trip! You can read more about this trip here! This is a dam release river in a pretty cute spot in central Massachusetts (who’d have though there would be mountains and whitewater rafting in Massachusetts????). The rafting company is Crab Apple Whitewater. Being a dam release river, it starts off prettyContinue reading “Whitewater Rafting the Deerfield River, MA, Sept 2018.”
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Section IV Chattooga River, GA, June 2018
A 10 minute (I know…it was hard to narrow down the hour or so of footage I had from a 7 hour rafting trip even just to this) highlight reel of rafting the Chattooga, Section IV in Clayton, GA. This was a mainly class IV and V run on this day. We used Southeastern ExpeditionsContinue reading “Section IV Chattooga River, GA, June 2018”
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, WV, July, 2021.
National Park Count: 22 America’s newest National Park, number 63, is New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, nestled in the mountains of southern West Virginia. Just a few weeks after visiting the nations first national park, the Sidekick and I spent a couple days checking out the nation’s newest park and it’s a prettyContinue reading “New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, WV, July, 2021.”
Yellowstone NP, MT/WY and a little of Grand Teton NP, WY, June 2021
National Park Count: 20, 21 Hello fellow Adventurers! The Sidekick and I just returned from a pretty spectacular trip to Yellowstone National Park! This place is out of this world! In case you somehow don’t know at this point, Yellowstone is the largest supervolcano on Earth and the whole area reminds you of that atContinue reading “Yellowstone NP, MT/WY and a little of Grand Teton NP, WY, June 2021”
Dog Road Trip Number 3! BELLA IS A BARK RANGER!?!?! Little River Canyon National Preserve, Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama; and Clifty Falls State Park, Indiana, June 2021.
Hello Adventurers! FYI. If you are wondering and I am sure you are 😉 ;), the Sidekick and I went to Yellowstone and Grand Teton, as scheduled. There is still a lot of work to be done to organize that trip into the blog and YouTube channel. That entry is coming in the next fewContinue reading “Dog Road Trip Number 3! BELLA IS A BARK RANGER!?!?! Little River Canyon National Preserve, Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama; and Clifty Falls State Park, Indiana, June 2021.”
Chattooga River Rafting, GA June 2018
Just outside of Clayton, GA on the GA/SC border lurks a whitewater enthusiast’s gem: The Chattooga River, filming site of the movie Deliverance and site of some of the best whitewater in the eastern part of the country. The Sidekick, myself, and one of our other friends spent a week in the Clayton, GA areaContinue reading “Chattooga River Rafting, GA June 2018”
How I Travel (for now!)
Hey there fellow Adventurers! In an effort to inform, plus give a shameless plug 🙂 I thought I would share with you how I have been able to fly for (almost) free and even have some free hotel stays since early 2019! (Bear with…this is actually REALLY REALLY good info, but it takes a minuteContinue reading “How I Travel (for now!)”
Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. Dec. 2019
National Park Counter: 13 *I broke this one out of an early post. At the time it made sense to have this bundled with the Macy’s/NYC Trip, but I really think with how different they are, and especially with my National Parks goal that this one should be separate. As such, the national park counterContinue reading “Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. Dec. 2019”
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH. Apr 2021
National Parks Counter: 19 Hello Adventurers! Situated in a decidedly not “national parky” spot edging Akron and just 20 minutes or so south of Cleveland is a nice little piece of nature called Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This is a park that has an unusual history! This whole area is settled and dotted with smallContinue reading “Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH. Apr 2021”
Arizona. Sonoma/Petrified Forest National Park/Saguaro National Park/Tucson/Mt. Lemmon. Mar, 2021
National Parks Counter: 17, 18 Trip number two of the 2021 year occurred in March. My Sidekick and I hopped on yet another Southwest flight out west! Our target this time: Arizona. Specifically we were planning on checking out Sedona for an afternoon en route to Holbrook, AZ which is the closest town to PetrifiedContinue reading “Arizona. Sonoma/Petrified Forest National Park/Saguaro National Park/Tucson/Mt. Lemmon. Mar, 2021”