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Hiking Vacation

Hiking Vacation - Quality Time Well Spent Hiking vacation - Having spent some of my best days in the outdoors hiking for days and weeks I cannot recommend this type of healthy outdoor activity enough. No matter if you're looking for a short day hike or something more challenging, it'll always be worth your while. Today I present an article from Alan LeStourgeon about hiking vacation. Enjoy reading :-) *** Take A Hiking Vacation If you are in the mood for a hiking vacation then you will probably want to consider the many trails in either the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee or Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Of course, there are many other parks and trails throughout the United States but these two destinations offer some of the most scenic and majestic mountain vistas available. Both the Smoky Mountain National Park and Rocky Mountain National park offer different levels of trails for your hiking vacation. Whether you are takin

Yellowstone Hiking

Yellowstone Hiking Image via  Wikipedia Yellowstone National Park has over 1100 miles (1800 km) of blazed and mapped hiking trails. Some of them have been used for hundreds of years. Several of these Yellowstone hiking trails were the sites of historical events. Yellowstone hiking trails are known for various geysers, hot springs and other geothermal features. Hikers will have many opportunities for viewing bald eagles, ospreys, grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, Coyotes, Bighorn Sheep, pronghorn antelope and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. With fresh air in the lungs and boots on your feet hike along... Beaver Ponds One of Yellowstone's shorter loop trails then wanders through both meadows and forest. Black bears and Wild Flowers usually dominate the flora and fauna of this part of the world. Fairy Falls 197-foot Fairy Falls is one of the tallest waterfalls in Yellowstone, The longest and most scenic route starts at the Fountain Flat Drive barricade. Grebe