Tag: hiking
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Olympic National Park – Coastal Walks
We chose to do the Third Beach hike first. Parking is limited due to the popularity of this trail with backpackers who have multiple day permits. Day hikers tend to get what’s left. For that reason, we chose to walk to the trailhead along a paved path from our campsite, turning the 1.8-mile walk into…
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Olympic National Park – Early To Rise
We’ve spent the last six nights along the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula at an RV park sandwiched between coastal strips of Olympic National Park. Over the years, we’ve canceled several trips to the park (when life interfered), so we’ve been pretty excited to finally be here.Olympic National Park encompasses nearly a million acres…
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Travel Surprises Are The Best
We made our reservations last winter. Planning ahead is a necessity when hoping to camp along the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Fortunately, our start date coincided with a blazing hot heatwave that settled over the Rogue Valley. Our first two nights were spent at Tugman State Park on the Oregon Coast where we walked…
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The Cotswold Way-We Climbed Our Last Hill
Day 9 We enjoyed a semi-leisurely morning today, our last day of walking. Tonight we would call it quits in Bath, England, the town known for its Roman-built baths. But first we had that walking to do. Upon reaching the top of our morning climb we discovered a history lesson stretched across the landscape. Lansdown…
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The Cotswold Way-A New Day Dawns
Day 7 We began our day feeling pretty good about it. Reg’s itinerary had us walking just 10 miles with an easy 450’ of ascent. “Piece of cake,” we thought. We passed by St Mary the Virgin, one of the oldest churches in the area. According to Wikipedia, it is thought that most of what…
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The Cotswold Way-A Couple Of Wimps
Day 6 It was an ongoing 24-hour debate between us; Should we walk or not? How hard would it rain? How windy would it get? How wet would we be by the time we reached Wotton-Under-Edge?Having walked in miserable weather several times in the past, the memories were clear, so in the end we wimped…
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The Cotswold Way-Doesn’t Miss A Hilltop
Day 4 After a torrential morning downpour during our breakfast time, the sun reappeared (yay!) when we headed out on the trail. By the end of the day we had climbed up to the top of three different nature parks, all with impressive distant views. All very pretty but what happened to the charming villages…
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The Cotswold Way-Not My Favorite Day
Day 3 It rained overnight, but by the time we woke up it was dry but blustery. There didn’t seem to be much hope of sunny weather today. The walk out of town took us past a cricket club and along a nice, easy walking country road. Then we took a turn into yet another…
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The Cotswold Way-No Tipping
Day 2 The sun was out and it was a beautiful day. Our guidebook promised a 12-mile walk to Winchcombe which is where we would spend the night. It also promised a couple pretty steep climbs and we tackled the first one soon after leaving the town limits of Broadway. Today we skirted around fields…
