On May 14, 2016, we headed up to Stratton Bald, The original plan was to backpack, but the forecast for the night was not good, so we decided to car camp and then day hike up to the bald on Sunday. We explored around on Saturday, and…
Over New Year’s 2016, Tracy and I took a drive to Charleston to see friends. After hanging out with them for a day or two, we drove south along the coast to explore around. We visited Edisto Beach, Hilton Head, and Savannah. It was a nice weekend…
The second week of November 2015, Layne and I took our first canyoneering trip to southern Utah. It was a little late in the season, but I had my comp exams for my Master’s degree in October, so we had to wait until I was done with…
On October 24, 2015, Tracy and I headed up to the Citico Creek Wilderness to hike the Fodderstack Trail. I wanted to start from Farr Gap and backpack as far as we felt like hiking and then camp for the night on the trail. The trail starts…
The weekend of October 10, 2015, we took a trip up to Virginia to hike around Grayson Highlands and to see some fall colors. Of course, like everything else we’re learning since we moved back east, lots of other people had the same idea. We drove into…
On July 26, 2015, my friend Aaron and I took a dayhike up to the Walls of Jericho in north-eastern Alabama. The hike starts at the top of the canyon and drops steeply down into the river drainage. This is a very popular trail, but there weren’t…
On December 26, 2014, David and I went up to Bald River Falls in Tellico to get some pictures of the waterfall.
The weekend of November 9, 2014, Jessica came down and we did some hiking in Panthertown Valley. We hiked towards Devil’s Elbow after ascending Little Green Mountain from Schoolhouse Falls, exploring some waterfalls along the way. We headed back out when we saw smoke coming from the…
At the end of September 2014, I had to go back to Utah for work. I thought I would be there for a couple of weeks, but plans changed after a few days, so Tracy bought a plane ticket and came out there to enjoy the fall…
We tried to backpack the weekend of August 30, 2014, but it was a horrible failure. First, we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway towards Brevard, NC, with plans to backpack at Shining Rock Wilderness. When we reached the trailhead near Black Balsam Knob, however, it was a…
