
Welcome to Felix-Xplorers!
Welcome! Let me introduce ourselves as Rachele and Shane Felix. We live near Pittsburgh, Pa. Join us as we explore the world of travel and share with you the best of our adventures. Included in our blog posts are sample itineraries for you to get out there and explore!
Big Bend National Park!
I was super excited for this trip and planned it fairly quickly since Shane was able to take a vacation week while I was on holiday break...
Colorado Trip #2- Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Mesa Verde
We finally flew back to hike more of Colorado after last being there in 2020. We took this trip at the beginning of October for our...
Saguaro National Park
Our first time in Arizona, and surely won't be our last. I even started to Google homes for sale 🤣 Here is our itinerary for our trip...
Glacier and Waterton National Parks 🐐⛰️🥾🐻
Now I understand why they call Glacier National Park "the Swiss Alps" of the US. Beautiful Park, with views every way you turn. I would...
Another Wild n Wonderful WV Adventure ⛰️🥾
Always a great extended weekend trip to our neighboring state of West Virginia. I just found out there is an app you can download and win...
Checking off Florida's 3 National Parks🦎
Most people say you're crazy to go to Florida in the summer due to the heat. Yes, it was hot. But we had such a good week of weather for...
A quick trip to Delaware
My husband Shane found a used truck he wanted that was located in Newarck, Delaware so we figured we would spend the weekend in the area....
Back to it! Cuyahoga National Park🌱
Just like a bear out of hibernation, we are back to hiking! First, let me recap my last 4.5 months here: -tore my acl while jumping down...
Panama Rocks,NY...52/52 hikes for the year!!🏆
The 52 hike challenge was accomplished again by us this year (2nd time we have done it) ! 💯🏆 I wasn't planning on counting this as our...
Fall weekend in the PA wilds
It was another beautiful weekend enjoying the fall foliage! Shane, Justyn, and I traveled to the family cottage in Tidioute, PA Friday...
Almost Heaven, West Virginia!
Another wild and wonderful adventure to our adjoining state, West Virginia! For our anniversary this year I wanted to go leaf peaping,...
Weekend adventure in WV!
Another last minute weekend trip was planned, this time to the Davis, WV area. We had been here years ago and this trip was great. Our...
Chasing waterfalls!
A very last minute trip to Niagara Falls was organized by me Friday after work on September 9. With the incoming rain forecasted to hit...
Lake Erie Bluffs!
We visited the Lake Erie area a couple weekends ago with friends, and I feel like it's so underrated! We actually stayed in Conneaut,...
Deception Pass State Park and Whale Watching!
We ended our North Cascades trip by traveling to Anacortes to check out Deception Pass State Park. I really enjoyed this state park. We...
Mt. Rainier National Park
One word: SNOW! I was deciding whether or not to visit this park on our first Pacific Northwest Trip and I was able to fit it into our...
Mt. St Helens/Columbia River Gorge
Mt. St Helens "Ecological succession is the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time...
North Cascades National Park
Our trip to the North Cascades was short, sweet, a bit cool, but ultimately we had some nice weather overall (warm enough for shorts the...
Olympic National Park
There is so much diversity in this park that it is hard to capture it all in these pictures and post. I was really excited to step foot...

























