Thanks Paul and Ingo! Wow, that marsh would have been rough without the nice planking. The last day we were on the trail for a little over 9 hours, though with lots of breaks - I believe we were hiking for about 7 hours that day! Definitely a long one, but I think having that at the end of the trip ...

Background My boyfriend, Karl, and I have been planning this trip for a few months, spurred by our goal of visiting all 59 national parks together someday. Might be a bit ambitious/crazy, but we’ve already been to 6 in the past 3 years. A bit about us – we’re in our mid-twenties and are both workin...