Guides and Trips
Trips
This is the first time I tried this hike. I read about it in a newly purchased guidebook this year. To make it more interesting, I decided to turn the hike into a loop. I started at the Jordan Road trailhead, proceed to the overlook along the Brins Mesa Trail and the Brins Mesa Overlook trail. After enjoying the overlook, I backtracked along the Overlook trail and then continued along Brins Mesa...
On this year's trip, Mom and I hiked in to Chicken Point along the Little Horse Trail. Dad hiked in from the Chapel Trail because it is shorter, and we all met there and enjoyed the view for a little while.Then, Dad hiked back out along the Chapel Trail, but Mom and I continued along the Broken Arrow Trail out to Submarine Rock which we climbed around on for a bit, and...
This is a relatively easy 6-mile loop following the Cockscomb and Aerie Trails.
Dryer Road Park is my favorite local hiking spot. Today I led a group of about 30 from the Rochester Hiking Meetup Group.We did almost five miles of up and down with a short trip outside of the park boundary to look across Boughton Hill Road towards the Ganondagan State Historic Site.Lots of ups and downs here because of the way the park is built almost like a ski slope. Met lots...
I took this short hike in the afternoon after doing Cadillac Mountain earlier in the day. I was quite tired, but there was so much to see and so little time...This hike starts at Sand Beach, and again, I decided to use the Island Explorer shuttle to get from my campground out to the hike and back. This turned out to be a little frustrating because of the crowds of kids at...
For my last hike of this trip to Acadia National Park, I decided to climb Dorr Mountain and descend into the Gorge between Dorr and Cadillac. I also hoped to add a little distance to the hike by climbing Kebo Mountain before returning to my car. Happily, I got an early start and was at the trailhead at Sieur de Monts before 8 a.m. Plenty of parking at that hour! After taking...
For my second long hike, I decided to do Cadillac Mountain, the tallest in Acadia National Park. At 1530, it's no 4000er like you get in the Adirondacks, but it's still the tallest mountain I've hiked.I had planned my route in advance to take advantage of the Island Explorer shuttles which run during the high season in the park. They run on propane and using them helps keep the air around Acadia...
I arrived at Acadia National Park around 10 a.m. on July 9, 2012. This was too early to check in to my site at Blackwoods Campground, so I headed first to the Visitor's Center at Hull's Cove. I paid my park entrance fee, got a tag for my car, checked the weather report and picked up some information about Ranger Programs.Since I still had more than an hour before I could set...
Acadia and St. Saveur Mountains (aka Kristin almost bit off more than she could chew)
Mt Desert, Maine, United States
Hiking | 5.3 miles
Hiking | 5.3 miles
This was my first full day in Acadia National Park, and in my excitement I awoke around 4 a.m. I suppose this is not all that odd given that sunrise is before 5 a.m. here at this time of year. I officially got up around 6, and breakfast prep and clean-up took me a bit, so I didn't make it to the trailhead (by car) until about 8:30 a.m.The first bit was...
This is a very scenic out and back hike which begins at the Little Horse trailhead. You can continue from Chicken Point and go out to Submarine Rock, but we did not do that this year.We took our time along the trail and met the same mountain biker several times as we were staggering our breaks. She had been to Sedona last year and wanted to get back again and to explore...
Cathedral Rock and Templeton Trail to Little Horse Trailhead
Sedona, Arizona, United States
3.0 miles
3.0 miles
Mom and I had started out the day wanting to hike over to Cathedral Rock from the Little Horse Trailhead; however, we were derailed when I got confused at the Templeton trail intersection, so we ended up going to Bell Rock instead. For more on that, see my trip To Bell Rock. After Bell Rock, we hitched a ride with Dad over to Cathedral Rock, the plan being that we would climb...
Since this was going to be the last day of hiking in Sedona, we wanted to make it a good one. The plan was that Mom and I would hike from the Little Horse Trailhead to the HT Trail, to the Templeton Trail and follow it over to Cathedral Rock where we would climb to the top if we felt up to it. Unfortunately, despite warnings, we went the wrong direction on...
This is Dad's favorite Sedona hike, so he came along with us on this one. Doe Mountain is a beautiful hike, but it can be a little strenuous as it heads up to the top of a Mesa. The trail switchbacks, making things not to awfully tiring though. On the way up, we reminisced about how nervous the steep drop offs made Uncle Bob when he did this hike several years ago....
On Day Two of our Sedona trip, we opted to do a fairly easy and short hike which we had both done before. The plan was to be able to quit early in case of fatigue. Again, the temperature was forecast at around 100 degrees.Dad dropped us off at the trailhead at the end of Thunder Mountain Road. We ended up walking part of the way because the road was in terrible...
This was our first full day in Sedona. After breakfast, Dad dropped Mom and I off at the trailhead near Midgley Bridge. Despite getting there early, we were already warm by the time we got started. The temperature went up to about 100 degrees this day.The plan was for Mom to do just the first part of the hike and for me to do the canyon section alone, but after the Thompson...
