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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: badwater basin, 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, 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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