Skip to content

JenRanAdventures Travel Blog

Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.

    Tag: hiking

    Congaree National Park kayaking

    Stop 116: Hiking and Kayaking in the Congaree

    December 4, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We ventured into our 42nd national park with no previous knowledge about what makes it special… and left with a great appreciation of the beauty and heritage of Congaree National Park, located about 20 miles southeast of Columbia, South Carolina. We wondered how many people were aware of this 26,276-acre

    Continue reading »
    Hudson Valley Sunset

    Stop 111: Dropping into the Hudson Valley and Delaware Water Gap

    November 4, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    As we closed in on our week-long visit to New Jersey and New York City, we decided to veer west from our last location in Connecticut and spend a week in nature in the Hudson Valley region of New York and the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania. Ironically, our first

    Continue reading »
    Acadia National Park

    Stop 109: Mesmerized by Maine

    October 21, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We made three stops in Maine, but our focus was on Acadia National Park — mainly because neither of us had ever visited the park. Maine, the 34th state we have visited on this road-trip, is an interesting state…. known as the The Pine Tree State, it is known for

    Continue reading »
    Indiana Dunes National Park

    Stop 98: Indiana Dunes National Park (#39)

    August 12, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    After a bit of a national park hiatus, we were extremely happy to arrive in northern Indiana so that we could visit our 39th national park on this great adventure: Indiana Dunes National Park, located along the shore of Lake Michigan, and the first and only national park in Indiana.

    Continue reading »
    Mississippi River headwaters

    Stop 94: Voyageurs, Headwaters, and Gitche Gumee!

    June 28, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    The second half of our adventures in Minnesota (state #23) took us to Bemidji, International Falls, and Duluth… to amazing natural areas with lots of history (some good, some bad)… and smack into the heart of mosquito and tick country! We also discovered northern Minnesota seems to be the land

    Continue reading »
    Iowa cornfields

    Stop 92: Surprising Finds in the Hawkeye State

    May 31, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We hit Iowa (state #22 on our travel across the U.S.) almost immediately after leaving Nebraska City, Nebraska, as we crossed the Missouri River into a sea of flooded fields and farmland. In fact, the roads had just been partially reopened (after repairs from flooding); even the interstate was affected.

    Continue reading »
    Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

    Stop 88: Wildlife and Rescued Donkeys

    May 8, 2019 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    This stop was mainly about being close to the Denver airport so that we could take a weekend trip back to San Diego to celebrate the life of Jen’s mom… which was a beautiful and moving time with family and friends… and all of mom’s flowers and shrubs were in

    Continue reading »
    Columbia River Gorge

    Stop 24: Nature Over Wine in the Willamette Valley Area

    April 29, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    This stop took us back inland from the Oregon Coast… camping just outside Salem, Oregon, located in the soil-rich Willamette Valley — located between the Coast Mountain range and the Cascades. While we had originally planned to dive deeply into this region known for Pinot Noirs, we found ourselves drawn

    Continue reading »
    Ran at Sequoia National Park

    Stop 11: Giant Sequoias and National Parks 5 & 6

    March 8, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We were a little concerned while hunkered down in a storm in Mojave, CA, that our planned visit to Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park would have to be postponed because of snow at the higher elevations, but we were delighted to find the roads open for those

    Continue reading »

    Stop 6: A Grand (Canyon) Adventure!

    February 13, 2018 JenRan Uncategorized Leave a comment

    We spent two weeks based at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in beautiful Cottonwood, AZ, and visited so many amazing things that this post may be the longest we ever create. By the way, Old Town Cottonwood and Dead Horse Ranch are worth visits for the wines and hiking, respectively.

    Continue reading »

    Posts navigation

    «Previous Posts 1 2
    JenRanAdventures logo

    Sponsors


    Empowering Advice

    Triumph Over Trauma, by Dr. Randall Hansen


     

    Recent Posts

    • (Road) Tripping to a Psychedelic Conference
    • Western Washington Weekend Adventure
    • Two Washington Spring Getaways to Share
    • Celebrating HEALING!
    • Heal a Heart: True Love Valentine’s Charity Event

    Archives

    • July 2023
    • May 2023
    • March 2023
    • February 2023
    • January 2023
    • October 2022
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • June 2017
    Powered by WordPress and Tortuga.