Saguaro National Park is broken up into two different sections, the east side (east of Tucson) and the west side (west of Tucson). It's about an hour drive between the two, so it made sense for us to treat them like separate parks and visit each on different days. Our plan was to drive down …
Continue reading Saguaro National Park (West) | Arizona | 02/16/20
Hello! Thank you so much for reading my blog. I've had a few requests to include maps in my posts and I'm testing this out. Please let me know what you think! Drop a comment below or contact me via email. I appreciate any and all feedback (about the maps or anything else!) and I …
Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park: Day Three | California | 02/15/20
After a fun morning at Amboy Crater and lunch on base at Twentynine Palms, Kyle and I headed back into Joshua Tree National Park for the afternoon. There were a number of trails on the north side of the park that I was interested in and we figured we'd just work our way through and get …
Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park: Day Two | California | 02/14/20
I'm finally caught up on all of my old hiking posts and I'm so excited to share our amazing California/Arizona adventure with all of you! We mostly focused on shorter hikes so that we could see as much as possible during our trip, so I've tried to combine a few hikes into each post instead …
Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park: Day One | California | 02/13/20
Gregory Canyon Loop | Chautauqua Park | Boulder OSMP Boulder, CO | 02/02/20| 5.15 miles | 1,558' gain After a couple unsuccessful summit attempts (see my previous two posts), I needed a hike that I knew I could finish. We were going through a heat wave on the Front Range so I knew the trails …
Devil's Backbone Extended Loop | Larimer County Open Space Loveland, CO | 01/26/20| 7.37 miles | 786' gain I decided that it'd be a good idea to do two longer hikes two days in a row. (Spoiler alert: this hurt my feet.) But beautiful weather in January isn't always easy to come by, and I …
Continue reading Devil’s Backbone Extended Loop | Colorado | 01/26/20
Balanced Rock | Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park, CO | 01/25/20| 8.08 miles | 1,807' gain For my first redemption hike of 2020, I met up with my friend Sarah who will be moving out of state soon. (Note: By redemption hike, I mean a hike that I'd attempted in the past but couldn't …
