Just south of Cleveland is the beautiful and unique Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This national park was created in 1974 as part of the federal Parks to People program. This program called for national parks in population centers. CVNP is 33,000 acres nestled in the Cuyahoga River valley and is full of walking and biking…
Tag: Hiking
Indiana Dunes National Park
Along the very south of Lake Michigan you will find Indiana Dunes National Park. We visited the park towards the end of April and although we didn’t have to fight the summer crowds, we experienced some frigid weather that I didn’t expect when I was planning our trip. I guess because I live in the…
Hotel Hale, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Hotel Hale is the only hotel in the national park. It was one of the old bath houses, remade into a beautiful boutique hotel. There are many other hotels on Bathhouse Row, located across the park property line, which is actually the main road. However, it is my personal goal to say on national park property whenever…
West Fork Trail, Sedona, AZ
On our recent visit to Sedona, we decided to visit West Fork Trail, after it had been suggested to us that morning at breakfast. After attempting to scale Cathedral Rock (see post here), and not quite reaching the top (seemed wiser than risking our life on hands and knees near the top) we decided to…
Cathedral Rock Trail, Sedona, AZ
While ordering breakfast, before heading out on our first adventure in Sedona, I noticed a slight surprise in the voice of the super friendly employees at Creekside Coffee, when we mentioned Cathedral Rock. They said the view was certainly worth the climb. They also suggested another hiking trail we might enjoy, West Fork trail. In…
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