Lightweight Thoughts
When I first started hiking, it was as a scout and a kid many, many years ago. Like most of us from that era, my gear list consisted of a pup tent, department store...
Category: Outdoors
Weekend Hike: Appalachian
I’m of the opinion that hiking is one part preparation, one part navigation, one part improvisation and one part perspiration. This weekend’s hike reinforced that opinion. I’d originally planned a three day, 40 mile...
Holiday Hiking Plans
Well, folks are gearing up for King’s Gate and the Fourth of July but I’m not particularly in the mood for cook-outs and pyrotechnics. I’ve decided instead to go hiking for the weekend. The...
Rained/Mudded Out
Well, there goes that hike. The area I wanted to go to has been reduced to a quagmire. Rather than tromp through miles of muddy trails and damage the treadway, I will be mopping...
Slaughter Creek Trail to Blood Mountain Hike
It’s already March and only now have I gotten out to the first hike of this season. I blame this mostly on financial and family obligations and a general lack of enthusiasm due to...
