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,…
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…
Here are a few pictures from multiple trips we made to Tumbling Rock Cave in 2015. Honestly, I can’t get enough of this cave. It’s a nice mix of easy, challenging, easy to access, long, pretty, and unique. [mapsmarker marker=”44″]
On November 21, 2015, we took our first trip to Hans Kennamer Cave. This cave is on private land near Grant, AL, and it’s a maze-type cave due to its complex passages. It has multiple entrances, including one small entrance and another bigger entrance that drops into…
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…
The Wind River Range is an incredible trip and its iconic granite basins and glaciers are a bucket list hike.
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…
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…
