Todays Image • Linville Falls

Linville Falls on the Blue Ridge Parkway consists of two different trails along with several wilderness trails for serious hiking: The falls trails are the upper twin falls, and the trail to the larger lower falls. The trails are marked leading to these falls, with the lower falls being visible from the upper twin fallsContinue reading “Todays Image • Linville Falls”

Exploring Florida’s Wild Side

Hontoon Island In The Saint John River Looking to get away from the winter cold? Love hiking? We’ve got a suggestion… The first thing most people think about when you mention the Sunshine State is fantastic beaches and theme parks, but there’s a lot more in Florida to explore. Between the Atlantic resorts and GulfContinue reading “Exploring Florida’s Wild Side”

Scotland And The Falls Of Foyers

There are thousands of worthwhile travel sites to be explored but Georgina is one of my favorite travel bloggers. If you haven’t made her acquaintance drop by her site Timeless Travel Steps – you’ll be glad you found it. She really dives into a location and does an incredible job of making you feel likeContinue reading “Scotland And The Falls Of Foyers”

Hiking In Australia’s Blue Mountains

One of the best day trips out of Sydney Australia is a visit and hiking in the Blue Mountains. Easily reached by convenient train service in a little over an hour. If you’re spending some time in Sydney Australia and are looking to get some good hiking in, there are a lot of great options.Continue reading “Hiking In Australia’s Blue Mountains”

Utah’s 9 Mile Canyon

A Journey Into America’s Past In the remote Utah desert, about 125 miles south from Salt Lake City, is Nine Mile Canyon. The area is filled with tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs, some thousands of years old. The earliest were produced by hunter-gatherer cultures of the mid-to-late Archaic periods from almost 7,000 yearsContinue reading “Utah’s 9 Mile Canyon”

Hiking Trails At The Peaks of Otter, In Virginia

Peaks Of Otter On The Blue Ridge Parkway One of the first developed tourist centers on the Blue Ridge Parkway was The Peaks of Otter and it dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Today it includes camping, a hotel, restaurant and Visitors Center with a number of trails to hike. One hike, the Johnson FarmContinue reading “Hiking Trails At The Peaks of Otter, In Virginia”