A Taste of the PCT: Snow Creek to San Jacinto Wilderness
When a work trip took me to Palm Springs, California,…
Colorado Hiked: Kruger Rock via Limber Pine Trail
An opportunity for 360-degree views without having to climbing up…
A Hidden Gem: Backpacking to Mirror Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
Every year when planning for my Rocky Mountain National Park…
Colorado Hiked: Blue Lake in the Rawah Wilderness
Y’all! I just can’t with myself! I keep continually planning,…
Rocky Mountain National Park CDT Loop: Day 4 -Along the Big Meadows
August 25, 2025 All good things must come to an…
Rocky Mountain National Park CDT Loop: Day 3 – Across the Great Divide to Tonahutu Meadows
August 24, 2025 The day I had been most anticipating…
Rocky Mountain National Park CDT Loop: Day 2 – Side Quest to Lakes Nokoni & Nanita
August 23, 2025 When in Rome… and when the backcountry…
Rocky Mountain National Park CDT Loop: Day 1 – North Inlet Trailhead to Pine Marten
August 22, 2025 Stretching roughly 3,100 miles from the Mexican…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 7 – Backpacking through Lone Star Geyser Basin & Travels Home
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 6 – Backpacking the North Shore of Shoshone Lake & Shoshone Geyser Basin
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 5 – Backpacking to Shoshone Lake
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 4 – Old Faithful, Black Sand Basin, & West Thumb Geyser Basin
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 3 -Amphitheater Lake Hike in Grand Teton National Park
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 2- Paddle Boarding on String & Leigh Lakes in Grand Teton National Park
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
The Grand (Mis)Adventure: Day 1 – Laramie to Grand Teton National Park
“The Grand (Mis)Adventure” is a blog series chronicling my fourteen-day-turned-seven-day…
My weekend at summer camp: Wyoming Becoming an Outdoors Woman 2025
The last (and only) time I attended a summer camp…
Exploring Wind Cave: Our Adventure on the Fairgrounds Tour
Due to elevator repairs, I had never had the chance…
It’s All in My Backpack: Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Campsite Reviews & Information
The first time I ever backpacked was in a national…
A Black Hills Weekend: Rankin Ridge in Wind Cave National Park
One last adventure in the Black Hills and South Dakota…
A Black Hills Weekend: On top of South Dakota on Black Elk Peak
The long and short: This is one of my favorite…
Ultimate Guide to Backpacking the Ozette Triangle in Olympic National Park
Looking for a relaxed, beginner-friendly coastal backpacking route in Olympic…
Two Girls Roving: Days 15 & 16 – John Day Fossil Beds National Monument & The Journey Home
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 14 – Newberry National Volcanic Monument & High Desert Museum
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 13 – Columbia River Gorge & Hood River Fruit Loop
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 12 – Ruby Beach & Very Big Trees
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 11 – Ozette Triangle Backpacking & Hoh Rainforest
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 10 – Ozette Triangle Backpacking Cape Alava to Sand Point
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 9 – Ozette Triangle Backpacking to Cape Alava
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 8 – Sol Duc Falls & Cape Flattery
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 7 – Hurricane Hill & Sol Duc Valley in Olympic National Park
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 6 – Deception Pass, Ebey’s Landing, Coupeville, and Fort Casey Historical State Park
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 4 – Newhalem, Diablo Lake, and Baker Lake
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 3 – Maple Pass, North Cascades National Park, and Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 2 – Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site and Grand Coulee Dam
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Two Girls Roving: Day 1 – Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522…
Washington Escapades Part 2: Burley Mountain Lookout, Suntop Lookout, and Mount Rainier National Park
A sign of a good vacation is when you come…
Washington Escapades Part 1: Fort Vancouver, Beacon Rock, Bonneville Dam, and House Rock
A sign of a good vacation is when you come…
Springtime in Kentucky – Part 4: Yahoo Falls & Arch, Natural Arch, Cumberland Falls, and Pinnacle Knob Fire Tower
April 20, 2024 My final day in Kentucky! Since my…
Springtime in Kentucky – Part 3: Mammoth Cave National Park & Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
April 19, 2024 A soggy spring morning greeted me after…
Springtime in Kentucky – Part 2: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site and Mammoth Cave National Park
April 18, 2024 Read part 1 here. Thick fog greeted…
Springtime in Kentucky – Part 1: Camp Nelson National Monument (and other fun things)
April 15-17, 2024 Another year of work travels has begun!…
Wyoming Hiked: Crystal Reservoir Loop at Curt Gowdy State Park
With over thirty-five miles of trails, Curt Gowdy State Park…
Colorado Hiked: Crosier Mountain via Glen Haven
Adventurer Alastair Humphreys posted about “Local 7 Summits” at the…
Colorado Hiked: Rocky Mountain National Park’s Bridal Veil Falls
Drawing over 4.5 million visitors a year, and ranking as…
40th Birthday Adventure Day 5: Timpanogos Cave National Monument
A chilly mountain morning greeted me long before sunrise… happy…
40th Birthday Adventure Day 4: Annular Solar Eclipse
The big event of the trip (aside from my actual…
40th Birthday Adventure Day 3: Hiking Wheeler Peak at Great Basin National Park
October 13, 2023 Let’s go climb a mountain!! I cannot…
40th Birthday Adventure Day 2: Great Basin National Park – Bristlecone Pines, Glacier, and Lehman Caves… Oh My!
October 12, 2023 We awoke on a beautiful vista outside…
40th Birthday Adventure Day 1: Cathedral Gorge State Park and Great Basin National Park
My 40th birthday trip has had quite a few iterations…
DC Round Two – Part 3: Ford’s Theatre, National Mall, Rock Creek Park, and Clara Barton National Historic Site
Alas, my final post of my final day of my…
DC Round Two – Part 2: Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, Belmont Paul Women’s Equality NM, and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP
Continuing on my whirlwind trip to finish out all the…
DC Round Two – Part 1: Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Theodore Roosevelt Island, and LBJ Memorial Grove
Work would take me to Washington, DC once again, so…
A Weekend at Lost Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
When you’re scrambling to figure out wilderness camping permits the…
A Night Out in Rocky Mountain National Park’s Glacier Gorge
This season I was not entirely successful in nabbing the…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 7 – Great Sand Dunes National Park
May 26, 2023 Good thing I had a good night’s…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 6 – Treasure Falls, Great Sand Dunes National Park, & Zapata Falls
May 25, 2023 Hands down I had the BEST night…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 5 – Aztec Ruins National Monument & Chimney Rock National Monument
May 24, 2023 Time to get on the road again!…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 4 – Mesa Verde National Park
May 23, 2023 Time to continue my immersion in Ancestral…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 3 – Hovenweep National Monument, Yucca House National Monument, & Mesa Verde National Park
May 22, 2023 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park…
Colorado Parkin’ Day 2 – Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
May 21, 2023 It simply cannot be explained… I struggle…
Presidential Adventure 23: Day 3 – On Top of Oklahoma on Black Mesa
Chasing the highpoints of each state are definitely something I…
Presidential Adventure 23: Day 2 – Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Palo Duro Canyon, & Route 66
The second day of this year’s rendition of the President’s…
Presidential Adventure 23: Day 1 – Capulin Volcano National Monument
I guess this is a start of a tradition, as…
Colorado Explored: Disappointment Falls & Deadman Fire Lookout
October 21, 2022 What to do, what to do on…
Colorado Hiked: Alpine Lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park
August 20, 2022 Time for one last tune-up hike before…
Whirlwind Washington – Part 2: Hurricane Ridge, Point Wilson, Mount Rainier, and Billy Frank Jr Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Time to wrap up talking about my busy week and…
Whirlwind Washington – Part 1: Quinault Big Sitka, Hoh Rainforest, and Rialto Beach
Well, aren’t these blog posts just ridiculously delayed or what?!…
Under the Stars: My Guide to Camping in Yellowstone National Park
Last updated August 4, 2025 I’ve been lucky enough to…
Colorado Hiked: Round Mountain National Recreation Trail
May 28, 2022 There is an adage in cycling -…
Falling for Grand Teton: Day 5 – Signal Mountain, Jenny Lake, & Moose
October 4, 2022 Well, “Falling for Yellowstone” would’ve been a…
Falling for Yellowstone: Day 4 – Norris Geyser Basin, Mount Washburn, Mud Volcano, & Yellowstone Lake
October 3, 2022 The final full day in Yellowstone arrived…
The Adventuring Heidi 