Tag: waterfalls
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Hiking at Lost Creek Falls- Scott’s Gulf Wilderness State Park {Tennessee}
Summer has arrived in Tennessee, and the state parks are calling. Recently, Tennessee State Parks announced the designation of several new parks, bringing the total number to an impressive sixty. We’re still working toward our goal of visiting them all, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to explore one of the newest additions. Scott’s…
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Hiking Greeter Loop Trail- Savage Gulf State Park {Tennessee}
With the weather finally beginning to thaw after the frozen temperatures of winter, it felt like the perfect time to get outside and go hiking in Savage Gulf State Park. And of course, for us there is no better place to welcome the coming of spring than at a Tennessee state park. When we first…
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Five Favorites: Rocky Trails Around the World
There’s something about a rocky trail that feels different from any other path. Maybe it’s the way the terrain slows you down, asking you to watch each step, or the way the landscape seems to rise up around you, pulling you into it. Over the years, I’ve found that many of my favorite hikes are…
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Cave Tour at Ruby Falls {Tennessee}
We have been to Chattanooga many times. Yet there are still things that remain on our list of places to visit and things to do. Near the top of that list is to visit Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain. We have visited the neighboring attraction of Rock City Gardens a few times. Every time we…
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Hiking at Tullulah Gorge State Park {Georgia}
We ended the year with a short visit to the area north of Atlanta. We were joined by my mom and my college friend on a visit to one of the state’s favorite spots- Tullulah Gorge State Park. This park is listed in a few different US travel books that we have and so as…
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Waterfall & Colored Leaves at Fall Creek Falls State Park {Tennessee}
The last couple of years I have worked with international students and one of my favorite things to do is to take them hiking at one of the many state parks here in Tennessee. I love sharing these parts of the state that they wouldn’t see otherwise and I love that they find there is…
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Ice Walk In Johnston Canyon-Banff National Park {Alberta}
While in Banff, we signed up for a ice walk tour of Johnston Canyon. This is one of most popular trails in Banff National Park. We would not normally sign up for a tour to go hiking but for this experience we wanted to be part of a group and really learn about the area…
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Hiking the Flume Gorge Trail- Franconia Notch State Park {New Hampshire}
After spending a day seeing some of the lesser known historic sites of the area, we were ready for a day outdoors so we could soak up all of the New England in the fall that we could. We went up towards northern New Hampshire to Franconia Notch State Park where it seemed the fall…
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Visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park {Ohio}
Nothing is better than seeing the change of the season in a national park. We had come to this part of Ohio to see Cuyahoga Valley National Park. There are so many different and varied parts of this park to enjoy. Ohio is one of the best underrated states in the US. There is so…
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A Walk to Cataract Falls – Great Smoky Mountains National Park {Tennessee}
Ah, the Great Smoky Mountains- so beautiful, so majestic. No trip to this part of Tennessee is complete without a visit to this historic park. Great Smoky Mountain National Park encompasses 522,419 acres across Tennessee and North Carolina and is a part of the greater Appalachian Mountains that carry on through to the north part…