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Olympic National Park 2
Hoh Rainforest Despite hitting snooze on the alarm and not getting out of the campground at 7AM, like originally planned, we each were able to get a parking spot in the Hoh Rainforest. The five of us first took a peek in the visitors’ center before heading out for the Hall of the Mosses .8-mile…
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Maine 4,000-footers- Mount Katahdin
July 4, 2019 This would at once be one of the best and one of the worst hikes of my life up to this point for one simple reason: no-see-ums, a family of flies that gets right in your face and can literally make you want to jump off the mountain. John and I stayed…
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Middle Teton – Grand Teton National Park
Saturday, July 10, 2021 I woke John up at 6:15 AM with, “What are you doing? We’re supposed to be hiking!” We quickly got ready and drove to the Lupine Meadows trail head. We were both nervous: this was the hardest and highest peak that we’ve ever hiked/climbed in our lives. The first mile was…
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Gettysburg National Military Park – Harpers Ferry – Shenandoah National Park
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Day #3: At the Gettysburg Visitors’ Center we started with a film that depicted the three days of fighting at Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). I had tears in my eyes just imagining the enormity of what was going on at that time. Then we walked through the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and…
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Philadelphia to Codorus State Park
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 Day #2: After a New York-style bagel with cream cheese, John and I walked around Rittenhouse Square (a public park with random statutes: frog, lion, lady revealing a breast), saw the Liberty Bell and took a tour of Independence Hall. Lunch was at the Reading Terminal; John got gumbo and jambalaya,…
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New Hampshire to Philly
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 Day #1: After a 9 AM appointment and visit with Aspen, John and I hit the road. Our first stop was the Chesterfield Gorge in western New Hampshire. This wayside park conserves a rocky gorge with waterfalls along the Wilde Brook. We walked the .7 trail to stretch our legs before…
Adventuring with Mel and John 