Category Archives: hiking
A Stroll Through The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Feel like taking a stroll to enjoy some fall foliage? We suggest heading a little bit out of the city to the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden! It’s lovely, cheap, and for a little while longer, still warm enough. Continue reading
Filed under #86, #86-15, fall foliage, garden, hiking, outdoors, outside, outside the city, pittsburgh
A Walk Down Harmony Road
Follow us as we take a short hike down an abandoned road which is slowly being reclaimed by nature, one sprout of greenery at a time. Continue reading
The Magical Views At Ragged Point
One of the most magical places on earth is Ragged Point in Big Sur. We were fortunate enough to visit it and enjoy the breathtaking scenery. Continue reading
Filed under #9, #9-13, beach, big sur, california, central coast, hiking, outside, travel
Scaling Bishop Peak
Take a trip with us back to the spring, when we hiked to the top of Bishop Peak, a 1500 foot tall volcanic plug in the Central Coast! Continue reading
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Filed under #39, #39-13, bishop peak, california, central coast, exercise, hiking, morro rock, nature, outside, volcanic plug, west coast
Seeing Swallow Falls State Park In Deep Creek
While I think I’ll always be a winter gal at heart, some years, fall just sneaks right up the season chart and threatens to steal the top spot. Depsite the early-feeling autumn, this is one of those years. And so we decided, what better time to FINALLY cross off our Achievement to visit Swallow Falls State Park (which has only been on the list since 2010 haha). Continue reading
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Filed under #64, #64-12, deep creek, hiking, swallow falls, travel, waterfall
An Urban Hike Through Marshall-Shadeland
Pittsburgh itself is quite a walkable city, but we also have a ton of suburbs and residential city areas that are also quite explorable. And in the ‘Burgh, we’ve got a great group that is trying to bring the lesser-known areas of town to everyone: Urban Hike. Continue reading
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Filed under #5, #5-12, alcosan, hiking, outside, pittsburgh, urban hike
Highs And Lows At Cook Forest
Well, I’d be lying, if I said we had a really successful, wonderful weekend in Cook Forest that made us get in touch with nature and relive our shadowy past as Druids who lived in the woods and cared for … Continue reading
Humid Hiking At McConnells Mill
Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Jeez, it’s insanely hot and gross out today, the only thing I really want to do is go hiking in the middle of the woods near a body of water that by logical reasoning … Continue reading