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Hocking Hills State Park
Hiking at Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio, including Ash Cave, Cedar Falls, Old Man’s Cave, Rose Lake, the Buckeye Trail, and other trails connecting these areas.
Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve
Hiking at the Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve in the Hocking Hills region of Ohio.
Hocking Hills Canopy Tours
Rachel Carson Trail Challenge
The Rachel Carson Trail is a 34-mile hiking trail near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Every year on the Saturday closest to the Summer Solstice (to provide the longest possible daylight), the Rachel CarsonTrail Challenge is held, where participants hike (or attempt to hike) the entire trail in one day.
This was my first time participating in this event. It took me about 15 hours to hike the entire trail; I finished, but not before the “official” cut-off time.
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- Pre-hike fuel at Ritter’s Diner
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- Claire prepares her footwear.
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- Waiting in line at the check-in table
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- Mile 0, 5:40am
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- The first of many steep hills to come.
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- “It’s all up here.” Just after Checkpoint 1, about mile 7.
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- View of the Allegheny River
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- Another climb, about mile 11.7.
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- Claire tends to her wounds at Checkpoint 2, mile 14.8.
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- The glory of nature and Wal-Mart
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- Made it to Checkpoint 3, mile 20.1, 2:10pm.
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- Checkpoint 4, mile 26.6, 5:20pm
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- Approaching the finish…
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- THE END mile 34.6, 9:10pm
Doug and Anne
Their wedding weekend in St. Louis, Missouri.
Chugach State Park
Snowshow hiking at Chugach State Park in Anchorage
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- Looking towards Flatop Peak
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- Looking down from the trail into Anchorage
Alyeska Resort
I drove down the Seward Highway to ski at Alyeska Resort in the town of Girdwood.
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- View across Turnagain Arm at mountains on the Kenai Peninsula
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- Going up one of the chairlifts at Alyeska Resort
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- Looking down to Girdwood from the slopes of Alyeska
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- Looking from Mt. Alyeska across Girdwood Valley
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- Alyeska Tramway
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- Kristen, a Swedish tourist
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- Main Street slope
More Exploring Anchorage
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- View down the street, outside the Spenard Hostel
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- FREE – WORKS GOOD
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- Youth hockey practice at the Dimond Center Mall
Exploring Anchorage
I took a long walk on the outskirts of suburban Anchorage to see some sights and do some shopping, and had a close encounter with a moose along the way.
Dog Sled Tour
Claire and I drove from Anchorage, up the Alaskan Highway past Wasilla to the Big Susitna Bed and Breakfast, which also runs a dog sled touring operation. Taking a mushing tour was something that I had always wanted to do, and it was a blast; everything that I had expected and more.
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