Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Our 8 Day Hiking Adventure

8 days of hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains!  We did 78 miles and 2 1/2 miles of elevation gain hiked over 8 days inside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park!  We saw most of the big waterfalls and a couple of mountain tops.  I couldn’t ask for a better way to spend our 25th …

Sunrise and Sunset While Hiking Clingmans Dome (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park)

We’ve hiked the trail to Clingmans Dome (in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) several times over the years.  It is a quick, steep hike.  We did it a few fairly spectacular times.  One time in 2014 for a sunrise which was one of the prettiest I’ve ever seen in my life.  This year after …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Hiking Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park

After spending a day in Bryce Canyon National Park, we found a trail that looked interesting.  So, we hiked it.  We are sure glad we did!!!  The Navajo Loop Trail wound up being the highlight of our day in the park.  It was a short hike and not terribly difficult. What made it rank so …