Category: hiking
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Road Trip – day 14 (Michigan, Illinois, and the long drive west)
We still weren’t sure exactly what we were going to do this day, but we weren’t in a huge rush. So, when we got up, we went for a hike, climbing to the top of a sand dune called Mt. Pisgah. The trailhead was in the campground and it made for a very nice morning…
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ME-Mount Katahdin
Summit Date June 14, 2013; around 12:30 pm Party Ryan Cragun and Rick Eason Trip Report The number of people allowed to climb Mount Katahdin is restricted, so you have to get there early. Plus, it’s a serious hike, so you’ll want all day to do it anyway. We got up around 4:00 and left…
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NH-Mount Washington
Summit Date June 13, 2013; around 11:00 am Party Ryan, Debi, and Toren Cragun Trip Report This is another mountain that I probably would have hiked if it were not for the fact that I was traveling with my wife and son. Because I was, I opted for the easy route up the mountain –…
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VT-Mount Mansfield
Summit Date June 12, 2013; around 11:00 am Party Ryan Cragun Trip Report Had the weather been cooperating, Debi and Toren would have done this hike with me. But with the entire mountain shrouded in clouds and wind gusts making it hard to keep your feet, I opted to go it alone. I’m sure, on…
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MA-Mount Greylock
Summit Date June 11, 2013; around 5:00 pm Party Ryan & Toren Cragun Trip Report We hiked Connecticut’s highpoint earlier in the day and drove to this one in the early evening, arriving just before the gates closed. There really isn’t much to say about this one – we drove up the very nice road…
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CT-Mount Frissell (south slope)
Summit Date June 11, 2013; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan, Debi, & Toren Cragun Trip Report I originally attempted to climb to the highest point in Connecticut – Mount Frissell (south slope) – in March a few years back and the summit was snowed in. I should have known better, but learned my lesson. This…
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Plenitud – Puerto Rico Trip – day 5
This was our first of two excursions during the service trip. I voted (well, strong-armed) the students to do this excursion over some of the others – it was a trip to El Yunque National Forest. It’s the only tropical rainforest in the United States. We got up early and hit the road, as it…
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hiking in Colt Creek State Park
Toren and I did a little hiking a few Sundays back at a new park. The layout was odd and the maps they had didn’t align with the actually trails as far as I could tell, but we did get to hike around a lake (Toren made it most of the way) and actually saw…
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Alafia River Corridor hike
We tried out another new hike from the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s website: the Alafia River Corridor. This was one of the first hikes we’ve done here in Florida where I felt like I was really out in the middle of nowhere. From the parking lot to the wider trail by the train tracks…
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Weedon Island Preserve
Having spent far too much time at Busch Gardens over the last few months, I decided to do some hiking with Toren on Sundays instead. Last weekend we visited Weedon Island Preserve, just across the bay in St. Petersburg. Toren wasn’t interested in hiking and rode in the backpack the whole time, but he seemed…