Hiking

Big South Fork, Tennessee Edition

With a little bit of time off work, we had the opportunity to take a long weekend trip this weekend and opted to go to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.  This park lies in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, and we have previously visited the area on the Kentucky side, so we […]

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Pukaskwa National Park

Around the lake we go!  From Sault Ste. Marie, we headed through the border into Canada (no problems at the border crossing) and continued north and west to Pukaskwa National Park.  Now, before you mis-read this entire blog post, we will go on and correct your pronunciation.  It is pronounced puck-a-saw.  We have no idea

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Saguaro National Park

Wow!  Most everyone knows what a Saguaro Cactus is.  It is such an iconic image of the southwest!   We have all seen images of one lone saguaro with the sun behind it, and so we picture the desert with very sparsely spaced cacti and virtually nothing else around.  That is not at all what the

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