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glacier. st. marys and virginia falls.

Posted on July 2, 2021September 28, 2021by sarah

due to a huge increase in the number of visitors (and/or covid), glacier national park had a ticketed entry system in place for access to going to the sun road. the passes could be reserved for a one week window in advance (and i think a certain percentage were sold as a one day pass […]

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glacier. going-to-the-sun road.

Posted on June 30, 2021September 28, 2021by sarah

have i mentioned it was hot in glacier while we were there? like 90s hot. and we were in the many glacier campground, with no hookups and limited generator hours. and since ruby is not allowed on the trails in glacier, we had to leave her in the camper while we were out hiking around. […]

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glacier. redrock falls, and more.

Posted on June 27, 2021September 28, 2021by sarah

finally! the moment we’ve all been waiting for. or, well, the week that i’ve been waiting for. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK!! when we were planning this summer road trip, the idea was to hit a lot of the places we missed during our 3+ years on the road. but, since glacier national park is pretty much […]

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twin cities, partially explored.

Posted on June 18, 2021September 26, 2021by sarah

our next stop on our epic (not so)post pandemic summer road trip was the greater minneapolis-saint paul metropolis, where we had four days booked, with big plans to do lots of things. but, on our way in, some of the same brake issues from the way out of chicago resurfaced, so we would end up […]

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my solo camping trip to hanging rock

Posted on April 28, 2021May 15, 2021by sarah

One day, not so long ago, I determined that I needed a little me time, so I booked a couple of nights at Hanging Rock State Park. I packed up the tent, my new camping love seat, and a hammock that Derek surprised me with for early mother’s day. Also some food and camping supplies, […]

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linville falls.

Posted on October 29, 2020May 13, 2021by sarah

derek didn’t have as much time off during our time in the lenoir and linville area, so i took a few solo trips with the kiddos. one such adventure was to linville falls. this is also a pretty heavily trafficked area, but we went on a weekday and took a more difficult trail than most […]

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fall at crabtree falls.

Posted on October 28, 2020May 13, 2021by sarah

after our trip to the outer banks, we had a one day layover at home, doing laundry and switching out wardrobes, before heading to lenoir for a few days in the mountains. it was peak leaf season, so we wanted to see some beautiful fall color, but we also wanted to balance that with other […]

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three waterfalls hike.
gsmnp.

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020by sarah

for our final adventure on this trip to the smokies, we drove out and around to the bryson city entrance, for a nature and waterfall themed hike that derek found in a kid friendly hiking book he picked up at the visitor center.  the three waterfalls hike is a loop made up of several other […]

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the chimney tops. (almost).
great smoky mountain national park.

Posted on September 29, 2020September 29, 2020by sarah

once we moved to the north carolina side of the park, to smokemont campground, we had a long deliberation about what hikes we wanted to do. we had to take into account the length, elevation, danger, our kids level of motivation, weather. all the things. eventually we decided on the chimneys hike. it’s not super […]

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abrams falls hike.
great smoky mountain national park.

Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020by sarah

originally, we had planned to lay low on our first day, a sunday, in the smokies. even though we were still in the midst of a pandemic, great smoky mountain national park is the most visited park in the us, especially on a weekend at the more heavily trafficked spots. but then. the weather was […]

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