C2C Adventures: Recent Episodes
Daniel Gridley
00:05 Fall Hike 00:43 waves on the lake with Henry, Owen, and Coco 01:25 chatter on the MST 01:54 windy point 02:35 255 day countdown until our C2C Adventure for 2024
Upstate New York, New Hampshire - Camp Hawkeye, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Long Beach Long Island, & Maryland. 4343.9 miles! Sidney Plains & blackstone cooking, light houses, waterbed, maritime cribbage, potato museum, Sir Walter Raleigh, raincoat mystery, 45F cold plunge, and so much more!
Henry, Owen, and I traveled across North Carolina for a weekend adventure! 0:05 start of Father’s Day Weekend 2023 0:41 Pilot Mountain - hammocks, summit & s’mores 2:38 Pilot Mountain rock climbing - 3 full sends & more climbing soon 4:31 West Jefferson - fun, shave ice, funnel cake, fire & s’mores, camper life & hikes 6:04 recap of 423 miles of North Carolina adventures
11.3 mile hike in Virginia. 00:05 two 4,000 foot summits early 1:08 Gears & Rabbit 1:42 off trail at the Brook, monitoring off trail, game trails, waterfall 3:44 off trail success step one 4:10 topping off water 4:55 off trail part two, deer, summit at triple pines, game trail luck 7:32 bear evidence, back on trail 8:07 fire at lunch 8:53 on the Appalachian Trail, flowers, glorious sights, 11.3 mile day
0:06 Day 1: stones, South of the Border, Congaree, Florida, 34 plates 5:17 Day 2: A1A, St. Augustine, oldest school, ocean, ukulele 8:11 Day 3: lagoon, gator 10:02 Day 4: NASA 11:02 Day 5 mosquitoes, 41 plates, 1,000 miles, grove 12:23 Day 6: Universal Islands of Adventure, wet, coasters 16:03 Day 7: didn’t see Hawaii, Wyoming, or DC plates, 1783.8 miles
Henry, a self-taught piano player, playing for the first time on a real piano / keyboard.
Listen in as we travel to the mountains of North Carolina for SPRING BREAK! 00:05 Day 1: 330 mile road trip & snow! 03:45 Day 2: SNOW, waterfalls, and nicknames! 09:45 Day 3: waterfalls in NC and SC! 14:08 Day 4: low mileage day, but a reflection day on the lands of the Cherokee. 17:25 Day 5: Brevard strolling & gem mining. 17:50 Day 6: Soggy start, custard, & oh snap! The sun came out & a glorious hike up Whiteside (half-a-billion years old) & a park! 24:15 Day 7: Panthertown Valley provided it all! Mountain Sandy beach, waterfalls, unique terrain, and a family first barefoot creek crossing in chilly water! 28:50 Day 8: Albino squirrel and a 970 mile (all but 4 miles in NC) spring break road trip complete!
It’s the eve of the last day of school in 2020….Two years later, masks are optional. How is it going after one week?
Listen in as we take another 1,400+ mile road trip! 00:05 COVID tests 0:36 13 days of fun & “not detected” 1:15 23 states 1:42 pit stop 2:00 record trip 2:52 snow 5:25 Catskills 8:06 sledding 8:45 Tim Horton’s & heading south 9:55 1,409 miles 10:05 COVID tests & “not detected” results
Listen in as Dan heads north on the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain, the southern terminus. 00:05 Day 1 Springer Mountain, heading north, collecting water before the rain 1:53 Day 2 dawn, waterfall, 60°F, reflection, foliage & fire 7:25 Day 3 tossing and turning, cold, wind, leaves & great sights 10:13 Day 4 cold night, Blood Mountain, 35 miles & 71 hours in the backcountry
Owen, Henry, & Dan take a drive to Virginia to catch some foliage. Listen in on the adventures! 00:05 dawn patrol departure 00:24 covered bridges 2:38 original Appalachian Trail 1937 shelter 4:23 joke 4:51 fudge 5:53 campsite chillaxing 7:57 dawn patrol fire & book 9:24 babbling brook & leaves 9:53 waterfall hike
Listen in as the boys, Coco, and I walk along the Mountain To Sea Trail in North Carolina. 0:05 MST walk in the woods 0:48 the bridges 2:01 snack stop 3:16 waves on the lake 3:29 Coco’s birthday 4:17 math on the trail
Listen in, turn the volume up for the first 12 seconds and the last 12 seconds, as 5-year-old Owen creates his first Seesaw message during the first week of the COVID-19 home school learning. 0:05 You can do this! 0:12 first Seesaw assignment 0:37 You can do this!
Owen chats about his adventures in Virginia & drops knowledge about sharks and dinosaurs! 0:05 two wooden suspension bridges in Virginia 1:10 shark scientist & dodging drops 2:41 animal sounds 2:50 long yo-yo mystery 3:01 dinosaur learning on the trail
We traveled over 3,100 miles in 14 days across 10 states from July 7 - 20, 2021. Get an ear on our adventures from North Carolina to Maine and back! 0:05 5am send off on Day 1 & adventures 3:20 spot the vehicle & spot the license plates 3:35 bird tornado & pool time 5:57 tallest waterfalls east of the Rockies & Chimney Bluffs 8:52 Buffalo 11:14 1,000 miles & the heat is on 12:45 Maine! 45 + DC license plates, hikes, snacks, crabs, barnacle land, know your limits, trail names, & blueberry goodness 29:25 2,000 miles 30:00 Portland, Snapchat, 4/5 lighthouses, & 87°F 35:10 New Hampshire, Vermont & Camp Hawkeye (goats, chickens, Gaga), covered bridges & a NOBO on the AT 40:00 New York 40:17 Day 14 back to Raleigh, rock hits windshield, 47 + DC license plates & 3,151 miles in the books
The family takes a walk in the woods! On the way up, bouldering. On the way down, babbling brook. 0:05 73°F on July 3rd! 1:07 summit & snacks 2:08 babble babble
Nathan, Chris & Dan journey 55 miles in Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks. Hear about adventures on the trail, deer, bears, mountain lakes, a snowy pass at just under 12,000 feet, a need for oxygen, giant trees and so much more! 0:05 Juneteenth: Mist Falls, bear & Upper Paradise 3:36 June 20th: deer, suspension bridge, Dollar Lake, Arrowhead Lake, 10,000 feet 6:15 Summer Solstice: cold plunge, Dragon Lake, Upper Rae Lakes lunch 9:30 June 22nd: Glenn Pass at 11,986 feet, Charlotte Lake & plunge 17:53 June 23rd: downhill, Twin Pines, 1 match challenge 24:02 June 24th: 4 miles out, reflection, 120 hours, Sequoias & the Gateway 29:20 June 25th: mother & fawn, giant forest 30:21 June 26th: Lodgepole, hammock sleep & waterfall 31:47 June 27th: a 55 mile journey
Preparing for Rae Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park. 0:05 wonky GPS 1:35 walking the plank 2:30 the hike data
Owen, Henry and I take on the summit of Stone Mountain, twice in two days, the MST, plenty of waterfalls, and we stay dry as a thunderstorm passes.
Owen describes his Alien Egg Experiment. 0:05 Day 1 3:09 Day 2 3:58 Day 3 4:35 Do try this at home 5:19 sound effects 6:45 Alien Egg looks like & feels like
Family adventures over Spring Break. 0:05 Henry hiccups 0:47 babbling brook 1:10 Gettysburg 2:47 lunch on the go 3:16 snow in Gettysburg & Lincoln’s Address 4:33 AT and the Mason Dixon Line 5:18 Henry’s recap of Gettysburg 17:50 Owen shares about creek water, animals & dinos
First family hike of the spring season! 0:05 1st hike of the spring season 1:02 Coco debut 1:15 brook break 1:34 Henry on 3mph 2:32 Owen finds Fairyland 5:29 brook break, breeze & snacks 6:13 end of hike high fives
Dan takes his quality minutes for a 10 mile hike so he’s prepared for quality minutes with the family, community, and his colleagues. 0:05 solo hike for Dan 1:39 thru hiker campsite 2:45 walking the road 3:25 trail name....Gears 4:27 Quality Minutes (podcast & merch) 5:37 hot drink & snacks 6:20 babbling brook 6:45 section 10 of the MST in Wake County is done
Owen, Henry, Coco and I find a dirt trail on a sunny Sunday morning with the temperature in the mid 30s and windchill in the 20s. 0:07 walk in the woods 0:33 tree carving 1:40 babbling brook & ice 2:18 whirlpool 2:40 sink or float 2:57 slip to death 3:25 rock wish or dream
A slow week for outside fun, but totally took advantage of Saturday for adventures! Rock Ridge & the Old Bynum Bridge were the highlights.
The Family Fifty this week! 0:05 Owen spots an owl! 0:33 sugar from the nervous system to the reward system 0:56 Henry and Life Savers 1:26 ISS flyover 1:57 bird tornado & talons 4:08 snow, sun & wind! 5:13 Jetboil on the summit 6:07 nature’s snow cones 6:29 Henry at Double Bridge
Wrapping up the week with a Sunday Stroll. 0:05 Owen spots birds on the trail. 0:29 Henry & the weather. 0:49 Owen w/ clouds & Star Wars. 1:29 babbling brook. 2:00 clarifying the birds. 2:20 Dan shares about the the week in review of the Family Fifty. 2:50 Great Blue Heron close up. 3:17 Henry Hill.
Spencer Gridley, creator of the Gridley’s Gladiators, drops in for his first ever podcast! Give a listen as he crunches through the snow in update New York. #NYC2CampO 305 mile challenge!
Owen, Henry & Dan share about birds, miles on the trail, and the perfect reward at the end of a hike! Time table 0:05 (Owen on the trail) 1:29 (Owen & lollipops) 1:42 (Dan on the MST) 3:03 (babbling brook) 3:39 (end of trail rewards) 4:55 (city hike) 5:48 (biking the universities & city deer)
Let the 305 mile journey begin! Listen to the Gridley’s Gladiator crew as they collaboratively & collectively support Camp Oswegatchie.
Henry and Owen can’t seem to stop talking about pets & it was the first week of school!
Owen and Henry share out about our new family pets, connecting with friends, and an earthquake!
Henry and Owen chat about a backcountry camping trip that includes hours in the creek and amazing food!
Henry & Owen discuss recent adventures in Virginia. Swimming holes, history, and wildlife top the list!
Henry talks about the end of the school year and continuing social distancing while connecting with friends near and far.
Owen makes his return! Give a listen about may the force be with you, biking, milkshakes, and more!
Henry shares about riding his bike, haircuts, and more! Owen, we promise, will be back next week!
Henry shares his thoughts on the first week of online learning and a fun fact is revealed! Owen took the week off. He will be back next week!
In this pod, Henry talks about the Corona Virus and it’s impact on him and his friend in Germany.
Henry and Owen will share their adventures from the Atlantic to the Pacific and capture their learning, fun, & questions that experiences generate. Stay tuned for 2020 adventures!