Mountains – The Roaming Roths

When the cold weather starts to settle in, I have more downtime to start plotting the next travel location begin my research. I don’t want to reveal this final location yet because I am still bouncing around how to migrate the area, but it will involve some amazing water features, some rugged terrain, some breathtaking views and some utter silence. You get the idea below.

I am debating whether to make this a solo trip and really use it as an opportunity to go off the grid for a bit. I do have an old friend who lives in this region, is only a few hours from each of my potential destinations and has graciously offered to serve as a tour guide if needed.

More to come as I think this one through but I would love to hear any of your favorite locations out west to visit. Water is a must!

No better planning is done than on New Year’s Eve by a bunch of motivated people several bottles and a handful of shots into the night. Now I didn’t take it quite to the extreme planning that my friend did. She managed to drink enough to sign herself up for the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in May. Keep in mind she has never run. Ever. But alas, a New Year’s Day hike also sounded wonderful at the time, and like a ruthless dictator, I held my hungover friends to it this morning.

I had decided last month to track my miles on the trails, both foot and bike. I asked my friend to take the lead on selecting a nice beginner hike for the year. She suggested Sunset Rocks. 3 miles she said…easy peasy. She is an avid hiker, but informed me on the trail that she has no actual concept of distance. So almost 5 miles, 3 hours and 900 ft of elevation later, I am sinking myself into some mashed potatoes buried under pork and sauerkraut to make up for the 1,100 my app claims I burned today.

I know this isn’t necessarily travel, but we were certainly out and about today taking in the fresh mountain air. The All Trails app allows me to track my trail stats, add photos, see reviews of trails, etc. It also allows you to follow your favorite hikers in the area. You can track my weekly trail time on there, but I felt it fun to kick off the new year with some pictures on here as well. Welcome to 2020!

Tag: Mountains

Headed West

Trail Time for 2020