Dear National Park Service: Confessions about Shenandoah National Park
Dear National Park Service, Let me begin by wishing you a happy belated birthday! One hundred years is no joke! You’re in good company with other centarians Speedo, the Panama Canal, and Merrill Lynch. Surviving, let alone growing and thriving, over the course of ten decades is no easy task. Congratulations and Godspeed. NPS, I sent your present last summer and for the first time ever bought an annual, America the Beautiful Park Pass. The pass paid for itself a few time
Olympic National Park: Hurricane Ridge
With my dad tagging along for the first part of our trip, I wasn't really sure what to expect. This was Jordan and my first big trip together, but from uncountable weekend ventures, we know how to travel together. My dad on the other hand, well I hadn't been on vacation with him since we went to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam before I got my braces off. When my dad said he was going to fly out to Washington to join us, I reminded him we would be hiking and camping. He ag
Olympic National Park: Hoh Rainforest
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Harpers Ferry to Loudon Heights
Brian and I drove from my apartment in Baltimore to Harper’s Ferry to hike the Loudon Heights trail. This was not our first adventure of the summer or our first adventure of 2014, but it was our first time on the Appalachian Trail. In reflection, I wish I had better chronicled this year. Brian and I have had the most wonderful adventures together. In brief, the Loudon Heights trail, though hyped as being a very challenging hike was an enjoyable, easy to moderate day hike w
