Chasing Waterfalls
Many of our hikes have offered a beautiful (and in one case, refreshing) bonus — waterfalls! Here are just a few of our favorites: In Colorado (the first time around!), before we tackled the Great Sand Dunes, we took a quick detour to Zapata Falls. As the linked article states, the view from the parking […]
It’s the heat. AND the humidity.
Growing up in New England, we are very familiar with the term (trotted out every July/August) “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” After a few late summer weeks in the South, we’re thinking it’s both. There is no doubt that high humidity makes the heat less bearable (looking at you, Kill Devil Hills!), […]
Roadside attractions (of the mostly horticultural variety)
Back in the spring, we posted some photos of the incredible wildflower blooms in California. As we traveled through North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Colorado this summer we saw a range of plants and trees — some intentionally planted, some not — that brought unexpected beauty to our (often long) drives. PS: because these photos […]
More delightful discoveries
We wrote earlier in our travels about serendipity — stumbling into fun/beautiful/interesting places. Not surprisingly, we’ve happened on more of those in recent months. For example: Who knew that Little Rock Arkansas was such a cycling city? The Sunday of Labor Day weekend (when it was NOT 100 degrees and humid), we took a fabulous […]
Some new fave campgrounds
As of September 1, 2023 we’ve stayed at 86 campgrounds. We’ve refined our criteria for what makes a good campground and found some new favorites that we’d highly recommend! First, the criteria. We (ok, maybe just Michele) have decided that the campgrounds deep in the woods are lovely places but they are too dark (and […]