Journey Moore Often

09/05/2026

Dolly Sods Wilderness Trail – West Virginia

There's a moment, somewhere out on the high plateau of Dolly Sods, when you stop walking and just look around — at the wind-bent red spruce, the rolling heath barrens, the boulders carved by centuries of weather — and think: this doesn't look like West Virginia. It barely looks like anything east of the Mississippi. It looks like Canada dropped a piece of itself onto the Allegheny highlands and walked away....

There’s a moment, somewhere out on the high plateau of Dolly Sods, when you stop walking and just look around — at the wind-bent red spruce, the rolling heath barrens, the boulders carved by …

08/29/2026

Allegheny Front Trail – Black Moshannon State Forest, Pennsylvania

It was our first weekend camping trail experience. An over 40 mile hike for a weekend? We prepped as much as we knew, and as a result, we got a late start...7:30pm...in the dark...in a different location than we thought we were based on the field notes (read more about that below). After hiking three miles in the dark, we pitched our tent…...

It was our first weekend camping trail experience. An over 40 mile hike for a weekend? We prepped as much as we knew, and as a result, we got a late start…7:30pm…in the dark…in a …

08/22/2026

Doune Castle – Doune, Scotland

For us at JMO, it's always cool to see in person the places you've seen on the screen. We've been fortunate to have been to a bunch of sites where movies and TV were filmed. Most are obvious places like Paris, Venice, Miami and San Fransisco. Some are not so obvious like the "antenna farm" on Kent Island in MD mentioned in the movie Enemy of the State....

For us at JMO, it’s always cool to see in person the places you’ve seen on the screen. We’ve been fortunate to have been to a bunch of sites where movies and TV were filmed. Most …

08/15/2026

Appalachian Trail – Hawk Mountain Sanctuary & The Trails of Kittatinny Ridge – Kempton, Pennsylvania

Here's something that will completely change how you see a bird of prey. Watching numerous birds catch a thermal updraft and ride the air current is truly mesmorizing. So you've already figured out, this is a place to watch birds. People go there and sit on the rock outcroppings for hours, just to watch birds. But it has trails too?...

Here’s something that will completely change how you see a bird of prey. Watching numerous birds catch a thermal updraft and ride the air current is truly mesmorizing. So you’ve already…

08/08/2026

La Sagrada Família – Barcelona, Spain

We've probably all heard about buildings that have taken over a hundred years to build during the history of civilization. It's rare to be alive when one of those buildings is completed within your own lifetime. A building that incorporates both historic and modern day architecture. There are places in this world that photographs simply cannot prepare you for. You've seen the images a thousand times — the soaring spires, the organic stone facades, the way it rises above the Barcelona skyline like something that grew rather than was built....

We’ve probably all heard about buildings that have taken over a hundred years to build during the history of civilization. It’s rare to be alive when one of those buildings is completed…

08/01/2026

Deacon’s House Café – Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh has a way of pulling you in — not just with its dramatic skyline or the shadow of the castle looming at the top of the Royal Mile, but with the stories that seem to seep up through the old stone itself. Everywhere you turn, there's a history with teeth. A history that isn't polished or prettied up. And nowhere does that feel more alive than at…...

Edinburgh has a way of pulling you in — not just with its dramatic skyline or the shadow of the castle looming at the top of the Royal Mile, but with the stories that seem to seep up through the ol…

07/25/2026

The Art of the Charge

When's the last time one of your devices died at exactly the wrong moment? We'd venture to say we've all been there. You reach for your phone and it's at 3%. Your laptop hits zero crubling in mid-presentation. Your watch goes dark somewhere around mile four of a hike. And suddenly you're either scrambling to fix the situation or choosing to do without until you can find an outlet — neither of which is a great option....

When’s the last time one of your devices died at exactly the wrong moment? We’d venture to say we’ve all been there. You reach for your phone and it’s at 3%. Your laptop hit…

07/21/2026

Dinner was once again fabulous! Spain Wine Bar is amazing!

Enjoy Life, Journey Moore Often!!

07/18/2026

A Private Suite in Hillsboro – An AirBnB Worth Finding

We've stayed in a lot of places. Tents on ridgelines, historic inns, grand hotels, and every category of AirBnB in between — the kind of experiences that teach you quickly what actually matters when you walk through a door. Cleanliness matters. Communication matters. The little things that tell you someone genuinely cared before you arrived — those matter most of all....

We’ve stayed in a lot of places. Tents on ridgelines, historic inns, grand hotels, and every category of AirBnB in between — the kind of experiences that teach you quickly what actually matte…