Tweet I love to ski…and the backcountry ski season is shaping up to be  good one.   Here's one shot from the old Hidden Valley ski area With the "epic storm of the season" brewing up, it is only going to get better. Too bad I'll be in Rhode Island this coming weekend. Next weekend, [...]

Tweet For your reading pleasure (?!?!), I imported and tweaked the bulk of my trip reports from late 2006 to the present.   The ones that tend to be missing are local 'shoulder' season hikes that, while nice, don't have many photos and/or text.  

Tweet An account of my first backpacking trip in 1996. I did not know what I was doing to say the least! But, everyone has to start somewhere. It was not a lightweight bapcking trip to say the least!  

Tweet I love hiking by the light of the full moon. The familiar trails become new. The outdoors take on a surreal quality. and the beauty is exquisite. Here is an article I wrote  a while back about this wonderful activity.

Tweet God help the youth of America…. The Shenandoah National Park Jr. Ranger program is currently using some of my photos and purple prose from my Appalachian Trail thru-hike.   This program encompasses a little bit about the Appalachian Trail and features the geology, natural history and what a long hike of the AT may [...]