On this date, eight years in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma, I thought I would look back on 2010 and write about eight great memories I hav...

So, first, my internet connection was toast. I never could fix the wireless connection but finally got broadband working again. Then, there ...

Chris and I had packed everything up from camping out the night before , wolfed down a couple of fig newtons and some trail mix, and prepa...

So we had reached the top of Priest Mountain and enjoyed the beautiful but cold and windy views from the north rocks. All of the other peop...

We left Spy Rock in early afternoon, scrambled down the steep rocks, and retraced our steps to the Appalachian Trail, heading north towards...

(See Intro) November 6. Our trip was really three hikes in one: Spy Rock, The Priest, and Crabtree Falls. Chris drove us to the tra...

It seemed like a great idea at the time, back in early October with the warm days and cool nights of fall. “What do you say we do a backpack...

I got back to the beach and Back Bay for the weekend for a couple of glorious October days. Saturday was a bit cool and breezy, and I spent ...

I like to write poetry myself from time to time. Imagine my surprise to find not only a cemetary in the middle of the woods during my hike ...

On a perfect October day, I joined the Richmond and Charlottesville Adventurers Meetup group for a wonderful hike up Little Devil Stairs in ...