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Virginia’s Appomattox Court House National Historic Site

June 22, 2016 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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Back in April, I ventured out for my second time at the Horizons Unlimited Traveller's meeting in Appomattox,Virginia. Before I left, I extolled the virtues of extended travel and how it gives a … [Read more...] about Virginia’s Appomattox Court House National Historic Site

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: civil war, national park, virginia

Great Basin National Park

July 1, 2015 By Val Weston 1 Comment

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My western adventure was a fairly loose mess—willy-nilly and largely unplanned. After my exit from the surprisingly wintry experience at Overland Expo, I ventured into the Silver State and moseyed my … [Read more...] about Great Basin National Park

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping, great basin, great basin national park, hiking, national park, nevada

Discovering Death Valley

December 3, 2013 By Val Weston 6 Comments

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending some time in Death Valley National Park. Unlike a typical lengthy road trip with Fred and George, this was a quickie solo blast out-and-back involving … [Read more...] about Discovering Death Valley

Filed Under: Outdoors, Photography, Uncategorized Tagged With: american sahara, atqa, badwater basin, brenda berry, california, camping, dante's view, death valley, death valley national park, furnace creek, mosaic canyon, national park, wilderness dave, workshop, zabriskie point

George’s Birthday Adventure: Death Valley

June 5, 2012 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I know I left you hanging on George's Birthday Adventure with the story of the E.T. Highway but I promise I'll keep sprinkling it in here between our other antics. It certainly seems odd to still be … [Read more...] about George’s Birthday Adventure: Death Valley

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: badwater basin, big agnes, california, camping, death valley, experiential education, geocaching, geology, George's Birthday Adventure (2012), junior ranger, las vegas, national park, nevada, ranger, weather, wind

George’s Birthday Adventure: The Mojave

April 12, 2012 By Val Weston 3 Comments

Well we're at Episode 4 in the saga of George's Birthday Adventure. This is where Camp Granola finally gets to breathe a sigh of relief for having finished the extensive (i.e. epically butt-numbing) … [Read more...] about George’s Birthday Adventure: The Mojave

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: california, camping, geocaching, geology, George's Birthday Adventure (2012), mojave, mojave national preserve, national park, road trip

Cumberland Gap: Heart of the Park

October 7, 2011 By Val Weston 2 Comments

So diving a bit more into the details of our recent trip, let's start with a short introduction to the first stop, Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, shall we? The big picture... The … [Read more...] about Cumberland Gap: Heart of the Park

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: cumberland gap, cumberland gap national historic park, experiential education, hiking, history, kentucky, national park, Southern Tour (2011), tennessee, virginia

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