When I Was Walking in Cades Cove January 14, 2019Cades Cove is in the Great Smokey mountains in Tennessee. It's near Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. It's an eleven mile driveable loop around a very scenic area of the Smokeys. ...
Mayan Tales: Dzibante January 11, 2019Imagine walking in a forest. You're surrounded by trees. The sunlight flits through them, casting interesting shadows. You walk up a small hill, dotted with occasional stone steps that have...
We Climbed a Mountain: The Ben Vrackie Chronicles January 10, 2019Ben Vrackie is a popular hike in Scotland. So it's never really a lonely mountain. We stayed at a place in Pitlochry, and could walk right out of the cottage...
Taormina and the Smoking Volcano January 9, 2019On my 2016 trip to Italy, we went to a town called Taormina in Sicily. It was beautiful. I could walk from one end of the other in 15 minutes. ...
So, You Wanted to Explore Glencoe January 8, 2019When we were in Scotland, we stopped by Glencoe to eat dinner. On our way out of Glencoe, we stopped on the side of the road to explore some mountains/hills. ...
Over the Vertical Steps of Death to Sycamore Gap We Go January 7, 2019During our 2012 trip to England, I really wanted to see Hadrian's Wall. It's about a two hour drive north from the Yorkshire Dales to get there. It was completely...
