Pieter Path Part 5 – From Rolde to Ellertshaar From Rolde to Ellertshaar After a good night’s sleep and a delicious breakfast (and dinner the evening before) at the Herberg van Anderen in Anderen, we were ready for another Pieter path hiking day through stream valleys with flowery grasslands, manufactured production forests, several wetlands, and […]
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Pieter Path Part 4 – From Zuidlaren to Rolde From Zuidlaren to Rolde We left home at 6:30 am, and almost four hours later, we were back in Zuidlaren to continue the Pieterpad. We started hiking while it was raining, but the rain stopped after leaving Zuidlaren behind us. We are definitely in Drenthe. Creeks
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Pieter Path Part 3 – From Groningen to Zuidlaren From Groningen to Zuidlaren At around 8 am, we left the Martini hotel without having any breakfast. We quickly bought some food at Appie Hein next door including a cup of coffee! We left the city quickly behind us, following the Noord-Willemskanaal and the river Drentsche
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Pieter Path Part 2 – From Pieterburen to Groningen From Pieterburen to Groningen At half-past seven, we were having breakfast. At eight, we were standing at the beginning of the path! Some cyclists and hikers wanted their pictures taken at the sign as well when we took our pictures! Finally, we left in good spirits
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Pieter Path Part 1 – Prologue Prologue Many, many years after I heard about the Pieterpad for the first time, I am finally going to hike the most famous long-distance walk in the Netherlands! We left home just over 9 am and arrived in Pieterburen around 2:30 pm. With public transportation, we took the bus
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From Defense to Delight, Fort Everdingen and Het Spoel Somewhere in The Netherlands A Spring Walk Through Dutch History It was a beautiful spring day, so my friend and I decided to visit some lovely nearby spots: Fort Everdingen and Het Spoel. The first thing that caught our eye was the lush, flowering floodplains along
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From the Road to Home South Dakota A Two-Day Journey North May 1, 2022 ∼ 760 mi ∼ 12 hrs From Franklin, NC, we drove for two days to Watertown, SD. The first leg was a long, 760-mile drive to Galesburg, IL, where we stayed at the Best Western Prairie Inn. The weather was perfect
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Our Stay in Franklin, NC North Carolina Driving to Franklin, NC April 17, 2022 ∼ 114 mi ∼ 2.5 hrs After leaving Greeneville, TN, it was only a 2.5-hour drive to Franklin, South Carolina. We arrived at our Airbnb right after check-in, but the drive up to the parking lot was an adventure. The cottage
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Great Smoky Mountains NP – Day 2 North Carolina April 2022 The Sacred Heart of the Smokies April 28, 2022 1.43 mi 0:31:29 hrs 58 °F Six days later, we went back to the Smoky Mountains to try some new trails. We started with the steep, half-mile climb up to Kuwohi, which was formerly called
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail to Siler Bald North Carolina Siler Bald, The Crown of the Nantahala We had an amazing day hiking. After a steady and sometimes challenging climb along another part of the famous Appalachian Trail, we finally reached the “top of the world” for lunch. We made it to Siler Bald, a beautiful
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