Adventure Together

St. George, UT located in beautiful Southern Utah is the perfect gateway to explore some of the Southwest’s best desert gems, including one major national park and four state parks all within an hour’s drive or less. There are plenty of fun family activities and things to do right in St. George, Utah with bike paths, restaurants and shops, and museums, but if you’re like us and you crave outdoor adventure in incredibly scenic landscapes, we’ve got you covered below with places like Zion National Park and 4 state parks in the surrounding area –Snow Canyon State Park, Sand Hollow State Park and Reservoir, Quail Creek State Park and Gunlock State Park and Reservoir. This desert oasis located just outside of St. George, UT, Sand Hollow State Park rests mostly on BLM land and is one of the most visited (and largest) destinations within the Utah State Park system.

Touted as one of the most beautiful road trips in the world, this short but incredibly scenic drive takes you over eight bridges that connect a series of islands near the Atlantic coast. In the Lofoten Islands, look out over Reine from the top of Reinebringen and peer down at Svolvaer from Svolvaer Floya. In these small coastal towns, red and white fishing cabins line the rocky shore, creating the iconic village scenes of the Lofoten Islands. Search for arctic wildlife like walrus, polar bears, and reindeer, explore the tiny town of Longyearbyen, and tour Pyramiden, an arctic ghost town.

We planned a trip back to Kauai this summer with the hopes of hiking the Kalalau trail, the 22-mile roundtrip trail along the stunning cliffs of the Na Do you have a place that you keep going back to, again and again? We planned a trip back to Kauai this summer with the hopes of hiking the Kalalau trail, the 22-mile roundtrip trail along the stunning cliffs of the Na Pali Coast. The Kalalau trail has been indefinitely closed since April, so instead of doing one long hike, we opted to do a lot of short hikes in Kauai. This was my favorite hike of the bunch since there was cliff jumping at the first waterfall and a large rope swing landing in to a lagoon after the second waterfall.

The Eagle Falls and Eagle Lake trail is a short 2 mile round trip accessed from Emerald Bay is a very popular trail in the Summer, so get there early. We love paddling around Diver’s Cove (there are rocks to jump off here too) and Boat Beach, but if you are up for a real adventure, we suggest paddling down to Secret Cove from the main beach at Sand Harbor (about 5 miles). A couple other great paved trails around Lake Tahoe are the Tahoe Trailways bike path in Tahoe City, which offers 15 miles of pathways in 3 different directions and the Lakeshore Drive bike path which is located in Incline Village and only 2.5 miles. As for mountain biking, the Flume trail and the Tahoe Rim trail are the trails to ride in Lake Tahoe because they offer incredible views, narrow single-track and a full day of adventure!