Posts tagged "mountains"

January 5, 2015 6 Comments

Road trip

It was probably a bit crazy to drive from North Carolina to Indiana by myself in a day, but I managed to make it both ways with only one of my toes going slightly numb. Normally I fly back home for the holidays, but I decided to drive this last year for several reasons: 1)... [Read More]

October 3, 2013 8 Comments

Climb every mountain. Slowly. And with lots of rest breaks.

You can't visit the national parks right now because the federal (non-)government is shutdown, but you can read this blog entry about my recent visit to the Smoky Mountains National Park. There is no "e" in "Smoky," by the way. I checked. If you really want to use an "e" you can call the mountains... [Read More]

July 22, 2011 10 Comments

Be-Utah-ful

I flew to Utah knowing next to nothing about Utah. It looks like flat, purple, six-sided blob on the map, so I was surprised by how beautiful and not purple it was. Did you know they have mountains in Utah? Lots and lots of mountains? As I have proven in the past, I have no... [Read More]