Luray Caverns (Luray, VA)

Adventured: 28 November 2015

So this post is a little different from the last mainly because it is a tourist destination. On my last day in Virginia, we meandered about an hour and a half west to Luray, VA. It was a pretty drive with wide open farmland and rolling hills. We were never in the town of Luray properly but on the outskirts. It’s a smaller, western Virginia type of feel to it, but the motels and signs make me think it’s a sought out destination in the summer with campers and hikers.

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Hiking & Outdoors

Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes, CO)

Adventured: 3 October 2015

Idaho trips are cool, but let’s return to Colorado for a little while! I had never been to Estes Park of Rocky Mountain National Park and I’ve lived in Fort Collins for 4 years now. With the leaves changing rapidly this year, I wanted to make an effort to get photos before they all disappeared. So bribing my friend with beer – he deserved way more than one for driving me around all day – we headed up to Estes. It’s about an hour drive from Greeley, CO on U.S 34. Elk Fest was this weekend so we hit traffic coming up the canyon but it was fun to see all the fishers along the river.

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Fitness

Tough Mudder & Why I Need to Do it Again

You hear a lot about mud runs like Spartan Races and Tough Mudders, mostly about how crazy you have to be to do one. Now I’m a rather fit looking individual, that does not mean I am in great shape however. Stairs and I have a not so friendly toleration of each other. When my friend suggested we do a mudder this year, I agreed but was pretty resigned to dying on that course. If there wasn’t that really cold beer at the end of the 11.6 mile, 2,000ft elevation change route, I probably would have.

Hiking & Outdoors

Craters of the Moon (Arco, ID)

Adventured: 14 July 2015

If you live in Idaho, or even just driving through, I beg you to make Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve a destination. The park was created in 1924 to preserve the stunning 2,000 year old volcanic site and I’m so glad they did. The eerie, rather desolate landscape requires a moment just to take in, it’s nothing like the other trails you’ll see on this site.

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Hiking & Outdoors

Goldbug (Elk Bend) Hot Springs (Salmon, ID)

Adventured: 9 June 2015

While I was interning at Yellowstone Bear World this summer I was only able to get one day off a week. I decided to make the best of those days and explore the beautiful state of Idaho and all the things it had to offer. I had done research on various sites (Check out www.rexburgfun.com if you’re in that area!) to try and plan out my trips and not waste a minute of that day off. My first trip was to Goldbug Hot Springs, which is also known as Elk Bend Hot Springs due to the fact that it’s technically in Elk Bend, ID and not Salmon. Elk Bend is such a tiny place that Salmon is an easier geographical marker. Continue reading “Goldbug (Elk Bend) Hot Springs (Salmon, ID)”