Camping, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, United States, Wyoming

Two Girls Roving: Day 1 – Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Two Girls Roving: The tale of a 16 day, 3522 mile road trip to the Pacific Northwest in celebration of my friend's college graduation! Follow along for all the shenanigans through thousands of miles, eight National Park Service units, night after night of camping, and even some coastal backpacking! August 23, 2024 After nearly a… Continue reading Two Girls Roving: Day 1 – Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Beacon Rock State Park, Camping, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Hiking, National Forests, United States, Washington

Washington Escapades Part 1: Fort Vancouver, Beacon Rock, Bonneville Dam, and House Rock

A sign of a good vacation is when you come home even more exhausted than when you left, right? My latest adventure to Washington sure felt like that! The main objective of the trip was summiting Mount Adams, but my bestest adventure bud, Eric, and I were just not just going to stop at a… Continue reading Washington Escapades Part 1: Fort Vancouver, Beacon Rock, Bonneville Dam, and House Rock

Camp Nelson National Monument, Hiking, Kentucky, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, United States

Springtime in Kentucky – Part 1: Camp Nelson National Monument (and other fun things)

April 15-17, 2024 Another year of work travels has begun! A conference would be taking me to Lexington, Kentucky for a few days, and with my ever-obsessive travel researching, I realized five National Park Service units along with Kentucky's tallest waterfall were in easy reach of Lexington. Constructed travel request was approved, and rental car,… Continue reading Springtime in Kentucky – Part 1: Camp Nelson National Monument (and other fun things)

Backpacking, Camping, Colorado, Cycling, District of Columbia, Hiking, Maryland, Microadventures, Montana, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, United States, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Waterfalls, Work Travel Life, Wyoming

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… Continue reading 2023 Adventuring Year-in-Review

Camping, Cathedral Gorge State Park, Great Basin National Park, Hiking, National Parks & Monuments, State Parks, Nevada, United States

40th Birthday Adventure Day 1: Cathedral Gorge State Park and Great Basin National Park

My 40th birthday trip has had quite a few iterations over the past year of planning, but in the end it still involved the thing it always had in the plan: the annular solar eclipse in Great Basin National Park on October 14th. "Last minute" plans came to fruition about a month out, and a… Continue reading 40th Birthday Adventure Day 1: Cathedral Gorge State Park and Great Basin National Park