With every passing week, I can feel that spring is getting closer. I suppose that making a point to go on a weekly hike is helping me to notice this a little sooner than I normally would. While I love winter and the snowy, cold weather that it brings, it can sometimes cause me to […]

The trail was like a snowy slip-n-slide, making proper balance next to impossible during some parts of the hike. We were utterly surprised upon arriving at the trail head to see that the ground was still blanketed with snow—any snow around our house has long since melted. It escaped our minds that Elk Knob was […]

It’s hard to go to Hawaii and not commune with nature. However, there are some really great things you can do to immerse yourself even farther instead of sticking to the white, sandy beaches. My favorite way to do this is by taking a hike! The island of Oahu is riddled with trails if you […]

Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina Wilson Creek AreaLost Cove Trail7.5 Miles Click to Enlarge Map Instead of a weekend camping trip, we opted to go on an overnight hike.Normally, 7.5 miles is something that can easily be done in one day,however, we decided to stretch it out a little further so we could take our […]

North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway Flat Top Mountain Carriage Trail On this particular day, I was ever so eager to get outside and bask in the gorgeous weather.On days like this, I like to hop on over to the Blue Ridge Parkway.We live less than an hour away from some of the most magnificent hikes […]

I went for a walk on Saturday afternoon while Cody was at work.I picked a hike that I’ve done a few times, and wasn’t too far from the house.By the time you reach this fence, you’ve gone about half way on the two mile hike.By the time I reached the fence I was huffing and […]

What we did last Sunday was far different from this Sunday. I sought out a hike from the NC Wildflower Hike book. This happened to be a trail that I had never heard about before. The sad part is, that’s it’s less than a 10 minute drive from our home, in Blowing Rock, NC. It […]

My Happy Birthday message from Stephen: We know ourselves to be made from this Earth. We know this Earth is made from our bodies. For we see ourselves and we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking to nature. The Redwinged Blackbird flies […]