Monthly Archives: November 2017

Day 1 – Friday, 14 miles We came here to escape the midges. Look to the far right of that map. Isn’t it beautiful? All those 1’s. Best of all – no midges. We’d experienced enough midges from the West Highland Way and Skye. As far as I was concerned, I’d had enough bug bitesContinue reading “Hiking the Fife Coastal Path, part 1”

After our experience hiking the West Highland Way, we wanted to go see the Isle of Skye (or, as we couldn’t resist, the “Isle of Skyle”), so we took a bus up to Portree, the largest city in Skye. Its population is 2,491. Because we were mostly winging this trip (something I do not recommendContinue reading “Camping on the Isle of Skye”

This is part of a series. For the rest of the series, click on the links below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Day 6 – Friday, 8 miles The midges came out again this morning, resulting in an early departure. Austin and I ate breakfast on the way, eating bananas and peanutContinue reading “Hiking the West Highland Way, part 4”

This is part of a series. For the rest of the series, click on the links below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Day 5 – Thursday, 20 miles You know how people disdain discussing the weather as conversation material? This became our whole lives. Every person we met on the trail, fromContinue reading “Hiking the West Highland Way, part 3”

This is part of a series. For the rest of the series, click on the links below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Day 2 – Monday, 14 miles We woke up in a slightly damp tent – there was no rain, only condensation and we were still trying to figure out ourContinue reading “Hiking the West Highland Way, part 2”

This is part of a series. For the rest of the series, click on the links below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Siddown, I’m going to tell you a story about the best worst time of my life. July, 2016. After spending the summer in Germany for Austin’s internship, we wanted toContinue reading “Hiking the West Highland Way, part 1”

A couple of weeks ago I hiked to Donut Falls. THERE WERE NO DONUTS. So disappointing. I’ve done solo hiking before, but it was always on trails I’ve already done. This one was completely new to me and honestly driving out there through the canyon was the most terrifying part of it – everyone andContinue reading “Solo hiking to Donut Falls”