A Walk Of The Washington DC Monuments And Memorials
I had the opportunity to spend some time in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. Of course, as part of my time there, I had to visit and walk around the city’s most…
Westport Beaches, Washington
On the far west coast of Washington, on a quiet peninsula sits Westport, Washington. The town is a working fishing village, with plenty of opportunities for visitors to go sport fishing. I am drawn to…
Riverbend Park, Fairfax, Virginia
Riverbend Park in Fairfax County, Virginia is one of my favourite places to hike. Located on the Potomac River, it’s a beautiful spot full of interesting plants, geology, wildlife, and history. It’s the only riverfront…
Alderbrook Resort and Spa – Hood Canal, Washington
Alderbrook Resort and Spa has been a destination on the Hood Canal since 1913. It started as a group of tents with stoves and has grown into the current resort that offers guestrooms, cabins, a…
Harstine Island, Washington
In the depths of the pandemic, summer of ’21, I was looking for a place that was outside but not crowded. All summer long people flocked to the outdoors, which meant well-known and easily accessible…
Chehalis Western Trail, Washington
One of the great benefits of living in the lowlands of western Washington State is that this area was once interlaced with multiple railroad lines. As these have been abandoned in favor of roads and…
Raven Rocks Hike, Bluemont, Virginia
On an early winter’s day, I decided the weather was warm enough to take a ride to Bluemont, Virginia to attempt what turned out to be my most difficult hike of the year: Raven Rocks….
Sky Meadows State Park, Delaplane, Virginia
Sky Meadows State Park is an 1,860-acre park in the Virginia State Park system, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just outside of Paris, Virginia. It’s about an hour outside of the Washington, D.C. metro…
Trails Of The Historic Cape Disappointment State Park
At the far southwest corner of Washington State, the Columbia River empties into the Pacific Ocean. While best known to visitors as the place where the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery arrived in November…
McLane Creek Nature Trail Loop, Washington
When the fall rainy season starts in Western Washington, it can feel fairly gloomy, but outside of Olympia, Washington is the Capitol State Forest, where opportunities to hike abound. And of all the places to…
Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve Trail
In 1966, an unusual area south of the city of Olympia and north of the town of Rochester, WA, was set aside as a National Natural Landmark. Known most often by it’s shortened, local name,…
Twanoh State Park, Washington
The Hood Canal, a naturally formed fjord that separates the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas, is long and quite narrow, generally about a mile and a half in width. Most of the canal shoreline is occupied…
