Western PA Road Trip – Part 3: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site, and on top of Maryland at Hoye Crest
May 1, 2026 After wrapping up Cucumber Falls (this is a continuation of a very busy day of exploring, and I split the day into two separate blogs – this blog is covering the afternoon activities), I set out on the fifteen minute drive to my 98th National Park Service unit, Fort Necessity National Battlefield.…
2023 Adventuring Year-in-Review
In the past I’m not sure how I’ve felt about year-in-review posts, but I think of all years, it is needed for 2023 for personal reasons. It is so easy to get bogged down in the minutia and mundane of every day life that one forgets exactly how awesome things were! January For many years my…
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 crazy trip trying to get all of the National Park Service units visited in the DC region! September 16, 2023 DC is an absolute ghost town at 8:15am on a Saturday. It is a bit bizarre to be in a place where hotels are cheaper…
The Adventuring Heidi 