Riley Moore Falls in Westminster, SC
Whenever we visit Kendra’s family in the south, we try to find fun outdoor adventures to have with the kids. Just 30-minutes from the Georgia border, Riley Moore Falls in Westminster, South Carolina, is...
Tagged: Hiking
Another Hike Up Mt. Pisgah in North Carolina
I never climbed anything other than out of my crib or up swing set poles as a kid. Yet somehow, I married an outdoorsy girl and I was transformed into a hiking and camping...
Hiking and Birdwatching at Lake Conestee Nature Park
Location: Lake Conestee Nature Park, Greenville, SCDate: December 28, 2016Distance: 1.55 miles roundtripElevation Gain: 275 feetOur Hiking Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes roundtripTrail Blaze: Black Diamonds & Black CirclesDifficulty: EasyTrail Map We are down south for the holidays, and with the great...
Hiking the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail in Vermont
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, Ripton, VT Date: July 2, 2015 Distance: 1.13 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 65 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Diamonds Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] For several weeks this summer,...
National Trails Day 2015 With Tubbs Snowshoes!
Every year on the first Saturday of June, thousands of people across the United States celebrate National Trails Day, an annual event organized by the American Hiking Society. This is a day for folks to...
Hiking Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mt. Monadnock, Jaffrey, NH Date: April 24, 2015 Distance: 4.5 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,801 feet Our Hiking Time: 5 hours, 8 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Dot (White Dot Trail) & White Cross (White Cross Trail) Difficulty: Moderate...
How to Find Adventure in the Everyday
Once upon a time, before we had kids, on the spur of the moment Kendra and I would pull on our hiking boots, grab our backpacks, and head off to hike in the woods....
Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer!
When I was a kid, cancer seemed like a foreign subject – something rare and tragic. It wasn’t until it touched my own family that I realized the insidiousness of the disease… too often there are no...
Snowshoeing in Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA
Location: Leominster State Forest, Westminster, MA Date: February 18, 2015 Distance: 1 mile roundtrip Elevation Gain: 200 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: White Rectangles Difficulty: Easy Trail Map Freshman year of college I had...
What Urban Teens Think About Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is a relatively new adventure for us. Though I had long been interested in the sport, it wasn’t until our students in the Outdoor Adventure Club asked me to take them snowshoeing that I...