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Perhaps one of the most spectacular day hikes of all time is the hike up Exit Glacier to the Harding Ice Field located in Seward, Alaska on the breathtaking Kenai Peninsula. Stretching as far as ...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2024/03/09/hiking-to-the-end-of-the-trail-at-the-harding-icefield-in-seward-alaska/

Hiking Glacier Lake Trail in the stunning Kachemak Bay State Park in Homer, Alaska is not for the faint at heart. While the hike itself is easy and the views are serendipitously surreal, remember...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/12/11/best-day-hikes-in-kachemak-bay-state-park-grewingk-glacier/

Located only 15 miles outside of Anchorage in the Chugach State Park lies Alaska’s most quintessential day hike, the three-mile roundtrip hike from Glen Lake Trailhead to Flattop Mountain. Know...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/11/06/flattop-mountain-anchorage-alaskas-ultimate-day-hike/

It was over a decade ago that I first saw the famous image of the striking Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan that captured my attention. I was paging through a National Geographic Traveler magaz...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/09/13/the-most-magnificent-hike-in-bhutan-the-tigers-nest/

On my fifth day in Bhutan hiking the Trans Bhutan Trail, I woke up in Bumthang, the spiritual and cultural heartland of Central Bhutan. Given its beautiful landscape, rich local culture, and sacr...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/07/10/breathtaking-bumthang-bhutans-cultural-heartland/

After a magical day hiking the Trans Bhutan Trail from Pelela Pass to the village of Rukubji where we stopped to enjoy a traditional Bhutanese meal at a local farmhouse- it was time to move furth...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/06/27/day-four-hiking-the-trans-bhutan-trail-trongsa/

Our hike along the Trans Bhutan Trail (TBT) from Pele La continued down through a vast open meadow, passing by a campsite of semi-nomadic yak herders and a few local farmers along the way. My gui...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/04/27/a-stop-in-rukubji-a-traditional-farmhouse-meal-along-the-trans-bhutan-trail/

Today's hike would bring us along a special part of the TBT that is known as the "Divine Madman's Trail" and of course like all things in Bhutan, there was a famous legend behind it.  "Bhutan is...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/02/27/following-the-footsteps-of-the-divine-madman-along-the-trans-bhutan-trail/

I arose early on my first full day in Bhutan to the sounds of stray dogs barking outside my window and the morning light shining on the mountains above the Trashi Chho Dzong  (fortress). Today ...

https://thirdeyemom.com/2023/02/03/dochula-pass-if-there-is-a-will-there-is-a-way/