We came to Banff to hike, and that’s what we did! On our first day we hiked Johnston Canyon, the second day we headed south to Upper Kananaskis, and on our last full day we hiked to Lake Agnes up
My friends and I just completed our annual girls’ hiking trip in Banff, Canada! We spent four days camping and hiking in the park. The town of Banff is in the middle of the park and it is adorable! These
It was our last full day in Glacier National Park, and my feet were sore and blistered. I was ready to see more of the park though! We left our campsite in St. Mary’s Campground around 8:30 am and headed
On our third day in Glacier, we had planned on hiking the Grinnell Glacier trail back in Many Glacier (where we were the previous day). However, there was still a major snow hazard about halfway through the trail. The group
Cracker Lake was one of the coolest hikes I’ve ever done. But don’t underestimate it! If you hike all the way to the end of the lake, it is about 15 miles round trip. I loved this trail because the
I spent six weeks studying in New Zealand in January and February 2013. I went with a program from Georgia Tech (my alma mater) with 49 other GT students. After New Zealand, we spent four weeks in Australia and two
My friend Rachel is getting married, so to celebrate her bachelorette party, we went to Asheville, North Carolina! There were 15 of us, so we rented a large cabin in Montreat, about 20 minutes outside of Asheville.FridayThe first group
I enjoyed my 12 months, 12 hikes challenge so much in 2016 that I was excited to do it again in 2017!January: Appalachian Trail - Unicoi Gap to Indian Grave Gap | 5.1 miles, difficult, 100 miles northeast of
I spent two weeks in South Africa in the beginning of September. My friends Colin, Dan and Andrew were with us for the first half of the trip, and my cousin Sydney was with me the whole time. We arrived
I recently visited my parents at their home in Charlotte for a weekend. As much as I love Charlotte, we really wanted to get out of town and experience some nature. This was a very spontaneous trip and we planned