When my mom and I were snowed off the Colorado Trail we ended up at a hotel called Monarch Lodge, up the mountain from Salida. I don't know exactly how to describe the hotel to give the full experience but essentially it makes the Shining seem real. It was clearly a great hotel in the …
This summer my mom and brother hiked the Colorado Trail from Highway 112 (mile 302.9) to Durango. As a person who does not acclimate to altitude well the best way for me to be involved was definitely not to hike with them, but to be their support vehicle, setting my car up to live out …
I'm starting to go a little bit stir crazy, as most people are I'm sure. I always get that in the winter but usually the spring is when I can start going camping, especially here in Texas. Now though, I have nowhere to camp but my backyard. So I'm getting into what I usually do …
After arriving in Olympic very late and setting up my tent in the dark while a small mammal of unidentifiable variety scampered around startling me, I headed out to do a long stroll through the Hoh Rainforest. If I was an Ewok, this is where I would live. It was like the opposite of Texas, …
My summer 2018 road trip was my last road trip with Adventure Prius I. The 2005 Prius with more than 240,000 miles on it had a good life, and it was time to pass it on to my cousin. My cousins live in Seattle, which opened up new road trip opportunities for me. Usually when …
So a couple weeks ago we got back from the trip of a lifetime; first we spent a week on an "expedition cruise" through the Galapagos Islands, then we stopped in Lima for a few days and then headed over the mountains to Iquitos to spend 5 days in the Amazon. I never use the …
After the price for Balcones Canyonlands and Wild Basin Preserve (free), the price for McKinney Falls was a bit steep, but also justifiable since we didn't pay for any other parks. It's also different that the other parks because its much more recreational and developed as a park. Trails are paved, and the falls are …
Continue reading Wildflowers and Waterfalls: McKinney Falls State Park
May 6th may have been the slowest hike of my life. On May 5th, Matt had his rugby game. When it ended it took about 15 minutes for him to limp across the field to us, then slowly limp back to the car, where he held a cold beer on his knee for the ride …
Continue reading More Texan Fun: Balcones Canyonlands Preserve
For Cinco de Mayo weekend my friends and I took a trip to Austin, mostly because Matt had his rugby championship there. We decided to stay two nights so we could also do some hiking. We were VERY ambitious. So ambitious that we though we would go to Enchanted Rock (and by we I mean …
Continue reading Mission: Texas Hiking, Destination: Austin (Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve)
Living in Texas is hard. I love Houston, I love the food, I love the cost of living, I love Texas thunderstorms, but the location of Houston is hard. It's built on a swamp, and there are no mountains, no real forests, no skiing, none of the things I've grown up with in the Adirondacks, …
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