By writing this post, I know I am not telling the stories of my backpacking trip of the Grand Loop in Olympic National Park in order, but sometimes a moment in your trip stands out and it deserves to be told first. Elizabeth and I woke up early before the light of day and broke camp…
Time sure flies when you are having fun. Here we are, two weeks later back at home and slowly recovering from jet lag. Somehow I thought the going to would be worse than the coming back but I am still waking up at odd hours and have a headache that won’t quite fade. All worth…
In July, before heading off to Canada for some trail work and hiking, I stopped by the library quickly to pick up some Great Britain travel books (yes, books!) and slipped a few books-on-CD into the car to listen to on my way north. One of the sets I chose was a book called The…
At the beginning of this summer when I quit my job, I had several goals on my mind when I looked towards the summer and what I wanted to do with my time (besides hiking, of course). One of those goals revolved around my son, Mitchell. I haven’t talked much about here on the blog…
It’s that time of year again. Yes, another round of the Go Outdoors Camping Cookbook including recipes from yours truly! This is the third year I have had some of my recipes featured in the cookbook and I thought I would have fun with the whole United Kingdom theme this year. So if all you…
After backpacking in Hackberry Canyon and staying in Page Arizona for one night, we headed back into Utah and the area of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument for some day hiking. Let me just say here how many times I write that national monument simply Grand Escalante. I always, well, want to skip the “Staircase”…