Hiking Mt. LeConte (Via Alum Cave Trail)

Mt. LeConte (Via Alum Cave Trail) @ Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee – 8/1/2020 – 13.98 miles, 2,937 feet elevation gain. We spent 8 days hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for our 25-year anniversary. We started off day one on the longest hike of our life. It is one of the …

Chattanooga, TN – Moving Into UTC and Seeing A Cool Town

Molly is in her 3rd year at UTC in Chattanooga, TN.  She started nursing school this semester.  We make this short drive from Nashville often and have fun every time we are there.  This little town in Tennessee is a favorite of mine (and one of my favorites in the nation).  There are fun activities …

Visiting Winter Park, Florida

Visiting Winter Park, Florida (in Orlando) and Moving Into UCF (University of Central Florida) We visited Winter Park, Florida (in Orlando) last year while moving Emmaline into college (at UCF – University of Central Florida).  It was off the regular tourist path which was exactly what we were looking for.  We did all our very …

Hiking Winding Stairs Trail (Red Oak, Milk Pail, Jacob’s Ladder, and Cascades) in Lafayette, TN

We drove up to Lafayette, TN (while up at Bledsoe Creek State Park) for what we thought would be a short, mile and a half long hike.  Our target was Winding Stairs Trail.  5+ miles, a couple of thousand feet of elevation, and almost 3 hours later we finished a very enjoyable hike!  There were …

Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)

We spent a fun-filled, jam-packed, day in Bryce Canyon National Park in the Summer of 2019.  This is my favorite National Park that I’ve visited so far. It is so beautiful! We drove down from Park City, Utah, and explored the park before heading on to Zion National Park.  I might have cut it a …

Zion National Park – Our Two Day Adventure

Zion Canyon, The Narrows, Riverside Walk, Weeping Rock, Emerald Pools, Big Bend, Pa’rus Trail, South Entrance, Cable Mountain Lodge, Zion Canyon Shuttle, Swimming, Hiking.  We saw all that but two days at Zion National Park wasn’t nearly enough to see everything! Phenomenal! If you have not been…GO! Zion National Park is currently duking it out …

Bledsoe Creek State Park (Gallatin, TN) Hiking Shoreline Trail and High Ridge Trail

Camping in the blazing hot Tennessee Summer without working AC?!?  Not advised!  In July we went to Bledsoe Creek State Park (in Gallatin, Tennessee).  This was our first state park camping in our RV.  It was extremely hot on the weekend we went.  It was 98 degrees (the hottest weekend of 2020).  We hiked the …

Clarksville (TN) Greenway + Fort Defiance + Old Glory Distilling + Adventures Of The Stinky Slinky

Back in the middle of June, we traveled back to Clarksville, Tennessee to check out a few things on our list!  This was our second RV trip so we spent part of the weekend still getting set up and acquainted with our new RV.  The rest of the time we visited all the things we …

Hiking The Narrows (and the Riverside Walk Trail) in Zion National Park

The Narrows @ Zion National Park, Utah– 7/26/2019 – 6 miles, 335 feet elevation gain.  We only had two days on our visit to Zion National Park and made sure to get The Narrows hike in.  We went during the monsoon season which is not the best time to go hiking in the Narrows due …

Dunbar Cave State Park in Clarksville (Our Second RV Trip)

Back in the middle of June we traveled back to Clarksville (our second RV trip) and checked another Tennessee state park off our list, Dunbar Cave State Park!  This was our second RV trip so we spent part of the weekend still getting set up and acquainted with our new RV.  The rest of the …