Category: hiking
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Hiking in Silver Springs State Park
I was invited to give a presentation to a freethought group in Ocala and thought it might be a good opportunity to explore a little more of Florida. I looked up hikes near Ocala and found Silver Springs State Park. From what we were told by some of the people where I gave my presentation,…
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Half Dome – Yosemite National Park
I was in Northern California on a speaking tour but had a couple of days while I was there that I didn’t have any speaking engagements. I had combined the speaking tour with a conference I was attending in Seattle, the plan being that I would travel to several locations in California to talk about…
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Point Lobos, California Hike
While on a book speaking tour in California, I had a few days where I didn’t have any talks. One one of those days, while I was staying in Santa Cruz, I drove down the coast to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. I was using my down time to get some work done but also needed…
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OR-Mt. Hood
Summit Date May 25th, 2016, around 7:00 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett Trip Report For the previous 45 highpoints I had done, my wife had expressed some concerns, but had never insisted that I hire a guide. With Mt. Hood, given that people die on the mountain regularly and that it is snow-covered…
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Kolob Canyon and Taylor Creek Trail
After spending the night at America’s Most Wanted Bed and Breakfast in Colorado City, we were headed home. But we wanted to do a little more sightseeing on the way. I have done a lot of hiking in Zion National Park, but primarily in the main entrance (southern side of the park), and didn’t realize…
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Alaska Cruise – Juneau (Mendenhall Glacier)
As with my adventure with Debi in Skagway, when my mother-in-law asked what excursion I wanted to go on, I looked for the one that seemed the most physically demanding in Juneau as well. That one turned out to be a helicopter ride to a glacier followed by ice climbing and hiking on the glacier…
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Alaska Cruise – Skagway and Laughton Glacier
Just after my mother-in-law booked the cruise to Alaska, she then emailed all of her children and their spouses and asked what excursions they wanted to go on. My general approach to excursions these days, since I’m starting to get older, but am still active enough to do lots of things, is to try to do…
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Ireland – Carrauntoohil
I’m always up for a good hike, and it often turns out to be a great way to see places most people don’t see. One of the places people recommended I visit in Ireland was the Ring of Kerry. As luck would have it, the tallest mountain in Ireland, Carrauntoohil, is within the Ring of…
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The Narrows – Top Down – Zion National Park
Mark wasn’t able to join Tom and I on our hike this year as he was hiking with his dad. Tom had just recently had his first Zion experience and had fallen in love with Zion National Park. As a result, he wanted to check out some of the more well-known but longer hikes in…
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California Trip – day 9 – Travel Town Museum and Griffith Observatory
This was our last day in California. Debi was in her conference most of the day, so Toren and I went on another adventure. I found out that the Travel Town Train Museum was giving free tours in the morning. Toren likes trains but doesn’t love them. I thought it would be fun and it…