travel light, wake early, walk far
I almost cancelled this Veteran’s Day Weekend backpacking trip. The pre-trip weather report showed the remnants of Hurricane Nicole crashing into our path at the start of the trip, followed by a gale-force cold front dropping wind chill temperatures to the single digits. Wet and frigid weather is an unwelcome combination for a 60 mile... Continue Reading →
https://videopress.com/v/qz1naiku?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Aerial shot of Spruce Mountain and the Seneca Creek Backcountry, October 30th, 2022. I'm quite fond of the Seneca Creek Backcountry; it's the location of some of my first real backpacking trips when I started dipping my toes into the world of Meetup a decade ago. It's also an area where, thanks to an... Continue Reading →
The annual 4-state challenge in 2021 must not have felt challenging enough since it left a few, including me, thinking what if we stretched the challenge to 50 miles. To make it DCUL’s first trip with a 50-mile day - at least intentionally - we gave it a go this year. And boy, was it... Continue Reading →
Saturday morning we met at Vienna and Beks, Chris, Lacey, and Mai headed out to our epic adventure up and over Apple Orchard Mountain. We left our cars at the 501 parking lot near the James River bridge. Our shuttle driver Charlie (from Stanimals) was a former AT thru hiker with a wry sense of... Continue Reading →
Organized within a week of the adventure, this Appalachian Trail hike through the North and Central regions of the Shenandoahs had us living like pioneers. We lived off the land. We skirted sheriffs taking down alleged bad guys. We reenacted classic slapstick comedy. Of course, we also walked and walked. All this action begs one... Continue Reading →
