New on BecauseItzThere.com!

We have a passel of new updates to Becauszeitzthere.com! Check out some of the recent updates to our pages, including… Updates to our Bucket List Hikes Updates to the Hikes pages, including… New Great Hikes in the USA and Canada! New featured posts for the Best Hikes in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee New Advice for hikers, including the editors […]

ROAD TO HANA

ROAD TO HANA: Kaihalulu Bay, Red Sand Beach and Hamoa Beach Located on the famed Road to Hana (and a considerable distance along it, right outside the hamlet of Hana itself) is the famed Red Sand Beach of Kaihahula Bay. Like many of the spots off the RTH this one is not marked, not easy to find, approached by a […]

MAUI

MAUI Name pretty much speak for itself huh? In 2013 Sylvia and I vacationed in Paradise, or about as close as you can get to it on Earth. This is the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Note only is it a paradise, but it is one of the most remote places on Earth. But it wasn’t all sitting around on the […]

The Alum Cave Trail to Mt. Leconte

***This is a a re-boot of The Alum Cave Trail to Mt. Leconte Post featured on our old Blog in 2017…while Sylvia and I very much enjoyed this aerobically challenging hike, we don’t regard it is one of the best in we’ve ever done. In fact, there are better hikes in the Smokies…Mt. Cammerer for example! Apologies in advance for […]

OLD RAG MOUNTAIN

***Here’s a re-boot of the post I originally posted on our old blog site about a hike we did in September of last year…Virginia’s Old Rag Mountain. I have more and better pictures of the hike now. 🙂 Sylvia and I both consider this to be the Best Day Hike in the entire Southern Appalachian Mountains…IF you go when it’s […]

Super hiking plans for Super Sunday!

Pre-Super Bowl update on our Tour du Mont Blanc planning… If IS official, Brian & Sylvia re going to attempt (no, FINISH!) the Tour Du Mont Blanc…the 110 mile walking circuit around the Mont Blanc Massif, the highest mount in the Alps and all of western Europe. On the way the route passes through France, Italy, Switzerland, and back into […]