I wish I could adequately describe the feeling of September in northern Michigan. The air near Lake Michigan was warm and heavy, almost...

For almost a month, we traveled around west central Pennsylvania, visiting campgrounds and biking trails. Pennsylvania boasts some...

Our two-week stay at Jekyll Island Campground was exceptionally enjoyable as we not only explored the island but also ventured to various...

Mary Oliver's "Instructions for Living a Life: Pay attention Be astonished Tell about it" We spent nearly a month exploring Wisconsin and...

Instructions for Living a Life: Pay attention Be astonished Tell about it -Mary Oliver We took a quick late July trip to Northern Indiana...

Virginia is for Bicyclists! We explored three Rail Trails in Virginia - the New River Trail State Park, the Virginia Creeper National...

The Tunnel Hill State Trail is a extremely pleasant 55-mile long rail-trail in southern Illinois. The trail runs from the...

People who don't camp ask me all the time what I enjoy about camping. I always have difficulty answering because I don't see what there...

Over Spring Break, we took a quick trip to Chattanooga and Cheaha State Park in northeastern Alabama. The weather in late March was still...

What a great state park and campground! This place has something for everyone - golf, horses, trails, bike lane throughout the park,...

If you find yourself in Northern Minnesota near Lake Superior's North Shore spend a day on the Gitchi Gami bike trail. Currently an...

Spring forward to daylight savings time – ugh! I really dislike when we switch to daylight savings time. Just when we were starting to...

July and August, also known as blueberry season, are the best times to spend time in Michigan. The Kal-Haven Trail runs 34 miles between...

Bicycling Magazine had a list in April 2021 of the Best Long Bike Trails in the U.S. I adopted the list as our bucket list to complete...

If what you are seeking in a bike trail is diversity of views and environments, the Monon Trail is for you. It runs 27 miles from...

One of the fun, albeit stressful, decisions to make when approaching retirement is determining what kind of lifestyle you want and where...

This was maybe my favorite camping vacation ever. We spent mid-August to mid-September touring Michigan, the Upper Peninsula and...

West Virginia's very appropriate tagline on their Welcome signs is "Wild and Wonderful." We had so much fun exploring the eastern West...

The Big Bend Scenic Byway stretches along the eastern edge of the Florida panhandle about an hour south of Tallahassee.The two lane...

Cades Cove scenic drive in the Smoky Mountains is one of the big draws to the National Park. It's an 11-mile route that almost always...