A Bachelorette Weekend in Richmond, Virginia

When my good friend Anna got engaged and asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, her Maid of Honor pulled me in to help with planning a Richmond, Virginia bachelorette party. We had a great time in the city and our itinerary could apply for a variety of types of trips. Here’s what we got into during our time in The River City.

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24 hours at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Pennsylvania (in Winter!)

Mark and I recently visited the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. We were interested in seeing this area because there has been discussion of it becoming a future national park. Our trip was in December, so I will be sharing what we did in winter (non-snow conditions) at the park. There are some roads and hikes that are closed in winter but we still found this to be a worthwhile time to visit.

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Walking Across Delaware – How To Walk Across a State in a Day

After hiking across the state of Maryland on the Appalachian Trail via a series of section hikes in 2022, I started eyeing if there were any other states I could reasonably cross on foot again.

Since I live in Maryland, I started by researching other states around me and found that there is a trail that runs across the state of Delaware. The trail starts in Chesapeake City, Maryland as the Ben Cardin C&D Canal Trail and then once it crosses into Delaware changes names to the Michael Castle Trail, ending in Delaware City, Delaware. 

You can find the AllTrails map for this walk here.

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