ten national parks, one national monument, many state parks, many miles of hikes, all in three months…
A trip to Loch Lomond last week in Scotland to test out all our gear and do a bit of training for the USA. It was fantastic, all our gear lived up to there price and the scenery was beautiful, I have included a photo of the lake below. We did a seven mile hike and a four mile hike, just to stretch the legs, that will be the normal distance required each day in most national parks.
The Plan:
Myself and Louise plan on spending three months next summer (Early May – Lat July) hiking the national parks of the United States. We have already started purchasing items for the trip, only this week our fantastic tent (2006 MSR Mutha Hubba) arrived, and Louise got her sleeping bag (North Face Cat’s Meow Sleeping Bag) about two weeks ago from MooseJaw and a very neat little gas cooker from JetBoil. More to get but we have nine month yet, so lots of time.
The trip will start from Las Vegas, mid way stop in San Francisco for a few days, onto Salt Lake City, and finish in Seattle.
The parks included in the plan:
So we will keep you updated via our new website www.hikingtheusa.com. We will have to drive between each national park with a rental car so our next step is to work out which rental company is the best value and who has a drop off point near each national park entrance. Should be fun!