New Hampshire Backpacking Disaster
Backpacking trip in White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire full of rain and a lot of tent time.
Tag: Environment
Vermont: the Green Dream
Exploring Vermont by land and canoe. Loving that they don’t have billboards, but do have craft beers!
Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway runs for 469 miles. Its northern extent begins in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and ends at Great Smoky Mountain National Park in North Carolina.
Lafayette Bayou Run
We took a boat trip into the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge near Lafayette, Louisiana and it didn’t quite work out as we hoped. Life! After New Orleans we wanted to head out into the wild to see alligators, birds and water bogged Cyprus trees.
White Sands NP
An amazing place tucked away in a corner of the southwest. A dazzling, glimmering, shimmering hidden gem.
Save the Grand Canyon! Save the Confluence
The Grand Canyon ended up nestling deep in our minds and while we were working on our pieces for the trip, I happened to read the latest issue of National Geographic. Fortuitous for it presented, like the most satisfying answer to a question, the article “Are We Losing the Grand Canyon?” by Kevin Fedarko.
Grand Canyon South Rim & Below
For our visit to the Grand Canyon we decided to take on the two faces of the North and South Rims. Given the expanse of the canyon (277 miles long by up to 18 miles wide) we decided we needed several days and a break in between rims which would land us in Page, Arizona.
Leave No Trace: Thoughts on our National Parks
With so many people travelling to experience the natural marvels of the world, the great question looms, how can we keep these marvels as they are for future generations? In the US we have the National Park Service (NPS), which I focus on here, and programs like Leave No Trace to help preserve these sights, but what really does it take for us to be the best stewards of our environment?
