by Melanie McManus | Aug 23, 2019 | Hiking, Minnesota, Stories
The Border Route Trail is a 65-mile hiking trail that runs through the Boundary Waters. Specifically, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, or BWCAW, which lies between Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. Many people canoe the BWCAW, but very few people hike the...
by Melanie McManus | Jul 21, 2019 | Arizona, Hiking, Stories
The Arizona Trail runs through the Grand Canyon. So if you decide to do a thru-hike of the Arizona Trail, or AZT, one bonus is that you’ll get to hike down to the floor of the canyon and back out again. I was fortunate enough to hike the AZT in the spring of...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 25, 2019 | Exploring and Experiencing, Hiking, Stories
Everyone is hiking these days. Especially on long-distance trails. Hiking is surging in popularity not only across the U.S., but all around the world. Experts aren’t positive why this is happening, but believe one reason is the popularity of the book...
by Melanie McManus | Jan 25, 2019 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories, United States, Wisconsin
Ice caves abound every winter in Wisconsin’s 8,600-acre Kickapoo Valley Reserve. That’s because the reserve has an abundance of groundwater. And it’s scarred with steep stream valleys, sandstone and limestone cliffs, and overhangs. Together,...
by Melanie McManus | Nov 18, 2018 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories, United States, Washington DC
Many people know what they want to see when visiting Washington, D.C. It’s classic sites such as the Washington Monument, Congress and the Smithsonian museums. But there are many other really cool, but lesser-known, attractions. Here are five. Let’s see if...
by adventuretoward | Nov 10, 2018 | Hiking, Massachusetts, Stories, United States
Fifty shades of green burst forth before my eyes as I emerge on the top of the 68-foot fire tower capping Mt. Grace. My metal aerie affords me sweeping views of the vast, remote countryside, which today is bathed in bright emerald, lime and mossy hues. A sea of...
