A Guide to Hiking and Drinking Around Asheville, North Carolina

Where would you go on a trip if you were looking for fantastic hiking and great beer?? Sure, you can't go wrong with Seattle or Denver. But if you want to go a little more small town with lots of charm, Asheville, North Carolina may be the place for you. In my life, hiking and …

24 Hours in Yellowstone National Park

Before I get into it, I absolutely believe that 24 hours is not enough time in Yellowstone National Park. But! That is all the time we had to spend there, and I am here to tell you that it IS possible to see a lot of major points of interest in that time. As part …

Hiking in the Smokies

You've all heard about Great Smoky Mountain National Park, right? There's a pretty good chance that you have, seeing how the park is the most visited in the country with over 11,000,000 visitors in 2017 alone. The nearby tourist town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee sits right outside of the park, offering plenty of things to do …

Blue Lake and a Smoky Sunset

Moving to Oregon was one of the craziest things I have done in a long time. I actually had a hard time adjusting the first couple of months here. And in all honesty, it didn't help that Lex decided to move back to her home in Indiana after only a month on the west coast. …