Took my Ford Bronco Sport Badlands to Big Cyprus National Preserve and hit the off-road backcountry trails. While this terrain is mostly flat with little to no incline on the trail, it still has its moments:
Mud. Rocks. Sand. Gravel. Alligators.
mostly the trail winds through “Old Florida” country through the forests of old hammocks and saw palmettos.
Having a “free day” between fishing adventures on the Kenai Peninsula, I decided to trek to the Kenai Fjords National Park and hike the Exit Glacier. KFNP At the edge of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age lingers. Nearly 40 glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords’ crowning feature. Most…
Sometimes you find an off the beaten path destination not too far from the main path, in the case I 70 in UT. My son and I were on a road trip from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, CO and came across this hidden gem online. So we had to go. Sego Canyon, UT…
I’m starting a new weekly series of posts about off-the-beaten path and isolated destinations I have been to with a focus on locations in: Asia Europe US Central & South America Middle East Indian Ocean There were times where I was the only westerner or foreign traveler in these destinations, or one of only a…
The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” often refers to some betrayal that is going to happen to somebody. Most famously in history and literature, it happened to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play when the soothsayer warns Caesar to beware the ides of March – the day he was assassinated by Brutus and his Roman…
Atigun Pass is the most dangerous part of what has been called the most dangerous highway. Atigun Pass (68° 7′ N, 149° 28′ W), is a high mountain pass across the Brooks Range and It’s where the Dalton Highway crosses the Continental Divide. This road is featured prominently in Ice Road Truckers as one of the most dangerous passes…
