After a good breakfast of eggs and biscuits, we started out on the next leg of our trip toward Big Bend National Park. It’s more than a comfortable days drive to Big Bend from New Orleans, so we found Enchanted …
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conecuh national forest & new orleans
We traveled up from the Gulf Coast of Florida, towards Conecuh National Forest. We had picked there to stop as a way to stretch our legs between Florida and New Orleans. It’s a small protected area just north of the …
everglades national park: part 2
We set the tent up just shy of the high tide line, and in the middle of the night it sounded as if the ocean was going to wash over us. We awoke to the sunrise rising over the water …
everglades national park: part 1
We woke up to below freezing temperatures at our site in Congaree National Park, and instead of shivering around our stove waiting for coffee to percolate we hopped in the car and stopped at the first Waffle House we passed …
congaree national park
We packed-up our car for our road trip; and we treated it similar to a backpacking trip. In six weeks we’ll travel to swamps, beaches, forests, deserts, canyon lands, and cities. Temperatures will fluctuate from the 80s to below freezing, …
plans for 2017
After reaching the Canadian border on day 151 of our Pacific Crest Trail hike, we continued on 7 miles to Manning Provincial Park. We got there just in time for a celebratory dinner, and decided to stay two nights to …