Hiking with Impunity News Feed

Hike #38 - Charleston State Park; or, "Green Earth Outdoors"

2012-06-18T01:45:06Z

Hiking with Impunity was once again lucky enough to visit another state! Actually, over the week of April 23rd, we technically visited 3 states: Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. Knowing that we would be spending almost a week in Kentucky, we decided that we wanted to spend part of our time hiking! And, since it was National Park Week, we were not going to pass up on the chance to see Mammoth Cave National Park (more on that later!). But, what we were most excited for was a chance to spend the day with Green Earth Outdoors!

Hike #37 - Sourland Mountain Preserve; or, "Rocky II"

2012-04-15T14:00:09Z

Hiking Sourland Mountain PreserveDate: April 14, 2012

Distance: Approximately 5 miles

Time to completion: Approximately 2 hours

Trail Configuration: Loop

Terrain: Dirt and rocks

Difficulty: Moderate

It has been over two months since our last hike, and I have to admit that I was wondering how out of shape we might be. Each time we had planned to go on a hike was always the one time that week that the weather would not be cooperating with us! We had begun to think that we were never going to be able to get out onto the trails again—or, at least not before our muslces completely atrophied and we were unable to hike even a mile. Fortunately, everything lined up perfectly on Saturday, April 14th. The weather was a cool and sunny 70-degrees. There was not a rain cloud in sight. And, we discovered that were weren't in as bad of shape physically as we were a year ago when we first began hiking (see Hawk Mountain Hike).

Hike #36 - Fort Washington State Park; or, "Duck, Duck, Goose!"

2012-02-03T01:49:03Z

Hiking Fort Washington State ParkDate: February 1, 2012

Average temperatures in Pennsylvania for the month of February usually sit in the low to mid-40s. However, this winter has been anything but average. On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, temperatures hit a high of 65-degrees, and Hiking with Impunity found itself pushing the snowshoes they had purchased ever further back into the closet, and instead reached for their short-sleeve shirts!

Hike #33 - Big Cypress Bend ; or, "Make Sure You Get a Shot of the Baby Gators!"

2012-01-21T01:26:43Z

Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk was another short, fun scenic hike that we took during our recent tour of South Florida.

Hike #32 - Shark Valley at Everglades National Park; or, "My What Big Teeth You Have!"

2012-01-17T13:00:39Z

Hiking with Alligators The New Year has been kind to Hiking with Impunity thus far, providing us with ample opportunities to sample hikes outside of our native Pennsylvania (with even more along the way later this year!). This time, Hiking with Impunity would land in South Florida thereby making it our mission to head to the Everglades and experience even a little of what hiking in South Florida has to offer.

Interviewing with Impunity - The Curt Ashenfelter Q&A, Part 3

2012-01-10T13:00:39Z

Curt Ashenfelter, the Executive Director of the Keystone Trails Association (KTA), recently participated in a Q&A with Hiking with Impunity. In the first part of our interview, Curt explained the importance of the KTA to Pennsylvania's trails and some of the opportunities available to hikers to help with trail maintenance. The second part of our interview consisted of the entire testimony Mr. Ashenfelter presented to the Pennsylvania House Game & Fisheries Committee. The following transcript is the last portion of our Q&A in which Mr Ashenfelter addresses topics such as hydrofracking.

Hike #31 - "What Happened in Vegas..."

2012-01-03T19:09:17Z

Hiking with Impunity took a brief sojourn to Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area in Nevada over the New Years weekend. Red Rock Canyon is located near Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert, and is almost 196,000 acres. Knowing that we only had a short amount of time to fit in a hike and that we needed a route that would be relatively easy to accomodate our lack of appropriate gear, we visited the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area website...

Hike #31 - "What Happened in Vegas..."

2011-12-30T13:04:30Z

Hiking with Impunity flew cross country to celebrate one of their best friend's birthday, and was able to include a short loop in Red Rock Canyon on the trip. Ill-equipped and unprepared, we decided against a long hike. But the 1.1 mile loop we took (in addition to the fabulous scenic drive) was more than enough to give these hikers a taste of what can be seen and done in Red Rock while also whetting our appetite for more hiking in 2012! As usual, a full report on this hike (along with some great photos!) will be online soon.

As this is our last post for 2011, we want to thank our family, friends, and readers for their support! We wouldn't be here without you! We wish you all the happiest of New Years, and look forward to bringing you more articles and photos in the coming year!

Til then.... Happy Hiking!

Explore PA Trails Website Review, by Joe Mezick

2011-12-27T13:00:35Z

ExplorePAtrails.com is a remarkable web application that I recently discovered to help with finding hiking trails in Pennsylvania. I decided to search for the trails accessible by way of a short distance from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The application performed well on our iMac but was slow when displaying the same trails on our iPad and Aspire NetBook.

Interviewing with Impunity - The Curt Ashenfelter Q&A, Part 2

2011-12-21T13:00:48Z