Moving into West Virginia from Virginia, the terrain became steeper and rockier. We took the road that followed the New River to get two adjacent National Park sites, the New River Gorge National River and the Bluestone National Scenic River.…
Camping with Bears in Shenandoah
The green hills to the west of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains are a beautiful sight to behold, and the view only gets better from atop Shenandoah National Park’s Skyline Drive. This 105-mile road forms the park’s central spine and contains…
History Lessons in Rural Pennsylvania
Having such fuzzy memories of American history lessons in school, I thought that Valley Forge marked some battle site or other from some war or other. A visit to this national park clarified things for me and captured my imagination…
Feeling Liberated in Philadelphia
We pulled into the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia where our AirBnB accommodations were located and were a bit alarmed at first. Many of the once stately Georgian town homes in this part of the city’s northwest end were in varying…
Outdoor Adventures in… New Jersey?
We’ve been asked about our best camping experience so far during Project 100, and our answer may surprise you. Worthington State Forest, on the eastern bank of the Delaware River in New Jersey, is a major contender. The state park…
On the Wild and Scenic Delaware River
The National Park Service’s portfolio includes three separate stretches of the Delaware River, and we visited two of them. We came in from the north end and camped for a few days near Pond Eddy, New York, along the 73.4-mile…
Inspiration on the Hudson
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt both grew up in and cherished New York’s Hudson River Valley, and for good reason. The woods, rolling farmland and river views here make this one of the prettiest places in America. As with Vermont, if…
More Little Jewels in New England
Leaving Acadia National Park, we turned a corner on our journey, leaving our farthest point northeast and the Atlantic seacoast behind us. It would be many more months before we’d hit salt water again, so we were a little wistful.…
Acadia: The Scenic Wonders Continue
We went into the town of Bar Harbor one sunny morning to walk along the gravel bar that stretches out to Bar Island during low tide. It didn’t take long to walk out to the island, reach the trail’s summit…
Acadia: The Maine Attraction
Tucked up in Maine across the Atlantic from Nova Scotia, Acadia National Park is a coastal delight. Upon arrival late in the afternoon, we made our way to the Blackwoods Campground on the southern end of Mount Desert Island, the…