writing & photography with an adventurous spin
Stunning views and rock scrambling make for a classic day hike in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park: from forest to granite • an “Eastern park in the Western tradition” • a fun but tiring scramble to the summit • a piece of Yosemite in the Appalachians. Read the story at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
With mountain biking and camping at Pocahontas State Park, plus famous historic sites like Jamestown and Colonial National Historic Park, a road trip stop in and around Virginia’s capital city offers a fun break from the I-95 grind… Learn more at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
On a camper trip to this Kentucky national park, we discover much more than the typical cave tours: forested hiking trails, mountain bike flow trails, a gravel rail trail, scenic river paddling, a lantern-toting adventure, and a wacky actor from an episode of Breaking Bad. Check out the story at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
A NASCAR-like drive south • An undeveloped coast with space rockets • A Dry Tortugas day trip that felt like a 1980s movie • Wild days and Everglade nights • Sure felt like a 9-mile canoe trail • A river of grass and ten thousand islands • Encounters with diseased monkeys and solitary manatees. Get the full story from Blue Ridge Outdoors!
From hiking and paddling through old growth forest, to camping and mountain biking at nearby Poinsett State Park, adventures abound in this overlooked corner of South Carolina sandhills. Learn more about this lesser-visited NPS unit, and the surrounding region, in the latest issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Mountain biking and more at this remote National Park Service unit on the Tennesee-Kentucky state line, including hiking to rock arches, exploring historic sites, making up for past mistakes, and dodging bears. Read more at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Sometimes, the only way to know if a park is worth paddling is to go check it out. From Congaree to Everglades to Mammoth Cave, learn about our (mis) adventures on water and land–with cameos by herpes-infected macaques and friendly manatees–at Duct Tape Diaries!
On its way from Chicago to California, Route 66 passes some of the most spectacular adventures in the U.S. Consider this your guide to kicking up some outdoorsy fun along the historic route. Read the article at OutsideOnline.com!
Photo: NPS/Jacob Holgerson
Some surprising and rewarding stops in Arkansas on a cross-country road trip–including a challenging summit hike and a historic townsite that helped name the Ozarks–courtesy of the National Parks System Map. Read in the latest issue of Terrain Magazine!
A road-trip detour, using an NPS System map, leads to new discoveries at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park and the nearby town of Macon, GA. Continue reading at Blue Ridge Outdoors!