It's January 21, 2022! I've now explored 50 of the 51 National Parks in the lower 48. But, you know what? At the beginning of this...

Hey Everyone, I've been staying in Colorado for about a week, hosted by my wonderful friend Rich. I've been resting, organizing some...

Blue - My plan for this trip Numbers - National Parks that I plan to visit, in order Red - What I've already hiked/explored Green Dots -...

I am excited to announce that Walk The Parks will resume, bigger and better than ever, in April, 2021. I've been backpacking on all of my...

Well, the world sure has changed a lot over the past month, hasn't it? At this point almost all of the major trail organizations have...

Wow, what a “race.” I put “race” in quotes because the winners finished almost 2.5 times faster than my partner and me. The Power of...

So, I had a friend who was updating my blog for me the first few hundred days of Walk The Parks and I’m super thankful for this. Then,...

I've completed 10,000 miles and visited 30 National Parks! Yay! Currently I'm saving as much money as possible by living in a 1 room...

I know. I know. There are so many other parks to explore. But I had to do it. And I had to go big. What’s on tap? A long backpacking...

Wow, what a day! I slept in as late as I could, and ended up leaving camp at 7:30. First up, drive, drive, drive! Not bad though. ...

Slept ok last night, just not enough. Went to bed after 11, and woke up before 6. The birds were chirping loud and proud, and...

So exciting! The adventure has begun! At any beginning (or continuation) of something big there are feelings of nervousness,...

What is Walk The Parks doing now? Great question! After 500 amazing days, which is still crazy for me to type, I decided the best thing...

Well, another interesting day in the life. First, a super nice gentleman gave me a ride to the weird place I got off trail a couple days...

Miles: 0 Steps: 3,304 Elevation Gain: 0 feet Thankfully the infection didn’t spread or anything, so hoping that’s a great sign? Shrug...

Miles: 9.2 Steps: 24,737 Elevation Gain: 811 feet Welp, tried to go back to the trail today and ended up needing to see a doctor! ...

Miles: 10.6 Steps: 27,006 Elevation Gain: 2,736 feet Well, an interesting day today. First up was steeply climbing then immediately...

Miles: 27.7 Steps: 62,814 Elevation Gain: 6,563 feet Wow, another super hot 90 degree day with high humidity and no wind and lots of...

Miles: 26.2 Steps: 56,112 Elevation Gain: 5,506 feet Dang, the humidity was insane today! Shirt totally drenched and could be wrung...

Miles: 27.9 Steps: 60,438 Elevation Gain: 5,417 feet Whew, a hot one for some big miles. I was on the trail by 5:15am One comment...