the wandering spot

June 20, 2015December 26, 2022

Andalucia

23-day trip to Andalucia. We hiked Caminito del Rey just opened after renovation and strolled to Torre del Tajo.

Itinerary

Places were we stayed o/n in orange
Chicago ➜ Malaga ➜ Cordoba and Granada (by train and bus) ➜ Malaga ➜ El Chorro/Caminito del Rey (by train) ➜ Malaga (by rental car to Seville) ➜ Setenil de las Bodegas ➜ Ronda ➜ Grazalema ➜ Puerto de las Palomas ➜ Zahara de la Sierra ➜ Ronda ➜ Cueva de la Pileta ➜ Cortes de la Frontera ➜ Parque Natural los Alcornocales ➜ Gaucin ➜ La Linea ➜ ☞ Gibraltar ➜ Tarifa ➜ Bolonia/Baelo Claudia ➜ La Brena y Marismas de Barbate/Torre del Tajo ➜ Cadiz ➜ Jerez de la Frontera ➜ Sanlucar de Barrameda/Parque Nacional de Donana ➜ Seville ➜ ☞ Morocco

Caminito del Rey trail

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Torre del Tajo trail

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Tore del Tejo, Brena y Marismas de Barbate

June 13, 2015December 13, 2021

Gibraltar

One day visit from ☞ Andalucia – we stayed o/n in La Linea and just walked to Gibraltar.

La Linea de la Concepcion and Gibraltar Airport, view from the Tunnels

June 12, 2014March 1, 2025

Greece

Wonderful 23-day road trip around Peloponnese, few days in Athens and Joanna’s conference in Rhodes. A lot of driving, small towns, ruins, walking and swimming, one nature hike in Lousios Gorge.

Itinerary

Athens ➜ Corinth ➜ Acrocorinth ➜ Nafplio ➜ Mycenae ➜ Archaia Nemea-Tiryns-Tolo ➜ Epidaurus-Didyma ➜ Hydra ➜ Mystras ➜ Kafiona-Diros ➜ Gerolimenas-Vathia (Mani)-Lagia-Alipa ➜ Agios Nicolaos ➜ Messene ➜ Dimitsana-Lousios Gorge ➜ Olympia ➜ Delphi ➜ Arachova-Hosios Loukas ➜ Athens ➜ Rhodes-Symi.

Lousios Gorge trail map

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Mycenae, Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon

Old Philosophou Monastery, Lousios Gorge

Prodromou Monastery, Lousios Gorge near Dimitsana

Delphi, seat of Pythia oracle. Temple of Apollo

September 11, 2013February 26, 2025

Grand Teton-Yellowstone-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands

Itinerary: Chicago ➜ North Platte ➜ Rock Springs ➜ Jackson ➜ Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center/Rockefeller Preserve/Phelps Lake trail ➜ Jackson ➜ ☞ Grand Teton Crest Trail ➜ Colter Bay Village/Taggart/Bradley Lake trail ➜ ☞ Yellowstone ➜ Cody/Granite Pass/Buffalo ➜ Devils Tower ➜ Black Hills/Lead/Keystone/Custer State Park-Wildlife Loop Rd ➜ Hot Springs/Jewel Cave/Sylvan Lake/Cathedral Spears trail/Needles Eye/Custer State Park ➜ Badlands Sage Creek Rim Rd and Rt 240-Cliff Shelf/Notch and Castle trails ➜ Sioux Falls ➜ Chicago

In addition to Teton Crest trail and many walks in Yellowstone we also hiked to Phelps Lake, Bradley and Taggart Lakes, and Cathedral Spears.

Phelps Lake (7km)

Phelps Lake (West side), Lake Creek Trail – Woodland Trail loop from Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve building, 7 km
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Bradley and Taggart Lakes (10.5 km)

Bradley Lake and Taggart Lake loop from Taggart Lake Trailhead on Teton Park Road, 10.5 km
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Cathedral Spears (7 km)

Walk along Sylvan Lake (1 km), transfer by car to Little Devil’s Tower Trailhead (Rt 87), Trail 4 to Cathedral Spires and Little Devil’s Tower Trails, Trail 4 return, 7 km
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Crossing Big Horn Mountains via Granite Pass…

September 8, 2013December 26, 2022

Yellowstone

Yellowstone was part of ☞ Grand Teton-Yellowstone-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands trip in 2013. We moved around a lot driving from destination to destination and then walking on local trails, such as Lone Star Geyser trail. We liked our only longer/all-day hike around Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone a lot.

Lone Star Geyser trail map

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone trail map

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