Miles of Yellow Lines
Tag: Trail
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Hiking and Trail Running Gear and Accessories
We love to hike! It’s the most common way we explore a new park. You can often see things from the trail that you can’t from the road. These are a few items that make our hikes more enjoyable in addition to the basics (packs, trekking poles, etc.). In this post, I use affiliate links…
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore has been an iconic American road trip stop for years. I visited as a kid, and I was so impressed that I selected Mount Rushmore as a topic for a school report a few months later. Since then, I’ve visited twice as an adult. Even though it’s a smaller park, I’m still excited…
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Blue Ridge Parkway: Humpback Rocks
We added a short drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway to our visit to Shenandoah National Park. The Blue Ridge Parkway begins at the southern entrance to Shenandoah. We drove out of the park on Skyline Drive and continued directly onto the Blue Ridge Parkway. We happened to come across the Humpback Rocks trailhead on Google…
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Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail
On our visit to Shenandoah National Park, we walked the Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail. It is located a few miles from the southern entrance to Shenandoah. The Blue Ridge Tunnel was originally a railroad tunnel. It was completed in 1858 and was in use by the railroad until 1944. The tunnel is over 4,000 ft…