Although I prefer backpacking with others, I am not adverse to going alone, which is what I did last Friday and Saturday, heading up to Shen...

All week, I had big plans for this past Friday.  I was going to go solo backpacking, just for one night, in a part of Shenandoah National Pa...

Yesterday, I joined the Richmond - Charlottesville Adventurers for an out and back up Nicholson Hollow in Shenandoah National Park.  There w...

It's always special to take a hike when most of the rest of the world is working, and that is what I did last Friday (may 8).  I had the...

After six weeks of being very sedentary to rest my sore ankle - I gave up wearing the boot because it made my back hurt - I finally lost pa...