Rockies 2016

In August 2016, I had an ambitious plan to spend three weeks in the Rockies.  For the first part of the trip, Tracy and I drove from Alabama to the Beartooth Mountains outside of Cooke City, MT.  This was where we planned to spend the first week…

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Sipsey Wilderness

On January 16, 2016, Tracy, Zach, Layne, and I went to Sipsey Wilderness for a winter backpacking trip.  We started at the Thompson Trailhead and did a loop that went up trails 208, 224, 204, 209, and 206.  This route included old double-track and narrow single-track trails,…

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Chattooga River

The weekend of May 9, 2015, Tracy and I took a backpacking trip to the Chattooga River on the border of South Carolina and Georgia.  This was our first backpacking trip into the Appalachians since we moved back east, and I wanted to be sure Tracy enjoyed…

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Brush Mountain

On May 24, 2014, just after we moved from Utah to Alabama, David and I took a hike up the Brush Mountain Trail in the Citico Creek Wilderness.  I decided that I wanted to hike all of the trails in Citico, and this was one trail I…

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Maze and Grand Gulch

On March 22, 2014, David and Chris flew to Utah for a backpacking trip into Grand Gulch and The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park.  The basic plan was to do two nights in Grand Gulch and then four nights in The Maze.  Of course, the weather…

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Banff and Jasper

Want to fill up a 32GB memory card with pictures? Then take a trip to Banff and Jasper National Parks. The mountains and glaciers and lakes and rivers will leave you inspired.

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Atlantic Canyon

On July 25, 2013, I took a long weekend trip to Atlantic Canyon in the southern Winds with some friends. I met Nick at his house on Thursday, and then we headed up to the Winds. We met Nate at Louis Lake, where we camped for the…

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