Zipping up close to 700 metres (2300 feet) without breaking a sweat sounds like heaven. Indeed, the cable car at Fuente Dé is a little slice of bliss. Exploring the hiking trails of Picos de Europa in Northern Spain just got a whole lot easier! Disclosure: This post contains … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: Fuente De
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Exploring Northern Spain: Cares Gorge
More than 500 workers carved over 70 tunnels to carry water from Cain to Poncebos for a hydroelectric project. The project started in 1915 and was finished in 1921. Eleven workers died. Of course we didn’t know any of this when we started out. All we knew is that we were going to … [Read more...] about Exploring Northern Spain: Cares Gorge
Picos de Europa: Spain’s First National Park
For me, the thought of travel to northern Spain was always about hiking the Camino de Santiago. That was always the goal. While it’s good to have a goal, some trips have a way of morphing from an original idea to something even better than you could imagine. Discovering Picos de … [Read more...] about Picos de Europa: Spain’s First National Park
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Historic Gear Checklists
What do you pack when you are hiking the Chilkoot Trail through Alaska, BC, and into the Yukon in the footsteps of the gold rush stampeders? I know what would be on my list today, but what did the historic gear checklist look like? Let's find out! Disclosure: This post … [Read more...] about Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Historic Gear Checklists
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea to Lindeman Lake Section
It was dubbed the World’s Longest Museum. Hiking the Chilkoot trails is a blast to past. The section from Dyea to Lindeman Lake was dubbed the "world's longest museum." Read on to learn the who, what, where, why, and how along this historic route spanning across Alaska, BC, … [Read more...] about Hiking the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea to Lindeman Lake Section