Tag: hiking

Everything You Need to Know Before Visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park

With summer just around the corner and the weather finally nice enough for hiking, camping, kayaking and all those other fun outdoors-y activities, I figured I’d write up a post on my trip to Cuyahoga Valley National Park back in March. Park History Cuyahoga Valley National Park is located in Ohio (am I the only …

New River Gorge National Park Know Before You Go: First Timer’s Edition

New River Gorge is America’s newest national park, inducted in 2020. This park’s main attraction is the New River, which the park’s 70,000 acres surrounds. It features whitewater rafting, hiking, climbing and the New River Gorge Bridge. Stay tuned if you’re looking to plan a trip to West Virginia’s national park in person. I’ve got …

Planning Your First Trip to Shenandoah National Park: What You Need to Know

Looking to plan a trip to Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park? Want the inside scoop? I just solo road tripped there last weekend! It was my first time in the park, and I’d love to share my experience! I was super excited to visit since everyone on the Internet will tell you fall in SNP is …

How to do a plastic free Halloween

As a self-proclaimed Halloween aficionado, I felt it was my responsibility to write this post. Halloween is my second favorite holiday (after Christmas, of course). I trick-or-treated until a ridiculous age because who doesn’t love dressing up and getting free candy? Not to mention with things like haunted houses, scary movies, and the Monster Mash, …

A Local Adventure – Columcille

I think so many times traveling gets shoehorned into the definition of some out of reach construct that takes a colossal amount of time and money and can only be achieved by going to some far off destination. Even Oxford Dictionary defines travel as going from one place to another, typically over a large distance. …

Why Hiking is One of the Best Day Trips Right Now

*disclaimer please make sure to do research on area specific COVID-19 policies before traveling I just got back from hiking Acadia National Park and I’m probably not the first to tell you, it is a beautiful work of nature. I took a day trip up from southern Maine and hiked Bubble Rock, Jordan Pond and …