So, Backpacker Magazine has a contest to become their field scout for an issue. The deal, for the winning entry, is that Backpacker pays fo...

I didn’t exactly do a hike today, but it was close enough. And with foot surgery tomorrow , that will hopefully take care of this neuroma o...

Back in November, I took my final fall color hike of 2010 , but could not post the pictures because I couldn't find my camera's USB ...

"The Great Horned Owl" This morn, I heard a great horned owl, A fierce and nocturnal fowl, Calling “Hoo hoo-hoo hoo, hooooo, hoooo...

In my " Racing For a Cure " blog, I have outlined my goals for 2011. One of them involves the outdoors and this blog. Happy New Y...

With a new year, I thought I would try a new poll, so here it is: Assuming money and time were no object, which of the following would you p...

I thought I would try something a little different with this post of a short New Year's Eve hike in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. I...

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...