Journal
Essays and trail journals by Leah LaRocco.
October 12, 2015
Sometimes you reach a point in life where you realize something is missing or feels woefully unfulfilled and it causes you to search for joy in places unexplored. Some things have changed for me over the past six months that have left me trying to figure out what I love, Read More
October 27, 2014
This past weekend, we had a camping adventure with some friends. We went up to Tracy City, TN and stayed at the CCC campground right next to the Fiery Gizzard Trail. On Saturday we hiked 11 miles round trip to Raven Point on a trail that has a difficulty rating Read More
November 4, 2013
For our our second day in GSMNP, we decided to do the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail before heading into the main part of the park. It's a six mile loop just outside of town that you can drive through for lovely views of mountains and rocky streams. The thing Read More
November 3, 2013
Rob’s birthday is coming up and I wanted to make a memory as opposed to struggling to find him a gift he might not use, so I thought it would be fun if we went up to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to go hiking and see some Tennessee fall Read More
August 11, 2013
Since July is peak wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, we constantly found ourselves saying how pretty all the flowers were, immediately followed by, "I wonder what it's called." So I took pictures of what I could and found this awesome wildflower website with names and images of the flowers Read More
July 25, 2013
Today there was a very high chance of rain in the afternoon, so Ashley and I headed to Boulder to the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory and took our tea-loving selves on their free tour. It was pretty great, but we were having major RMNP withdrawal so we quickly headed back Read More
July 24, 2013
Yesterday, Ashley and I took the Trail Ridge Road up the Rocky Mountains, and if we were astounded hiking the lake trails, it barely scratched the surface of what we felt yesterday being surrounded by the majesty of these mountains. I've never seen anything like this. We were on a Read More
July 23, 2013
I'm in Heaven. I mean, I might as well be because I'm so freaking high in the air. Altitude sickness is awful. When Ashley and I got to Estes Park, CO yesterday we felt sort of drunk and queasy and dizzy and headache-yick. But we woke up this morning and Read More