travel light, wake early, walk far
For this Memorial Day weekend, we decided to undertake the “third march” of my second MST section hike, which we’ve been doing in slightly longer chunks than we did for the first iteration. This section of roughly 100 kilometers or 62 miles would take us from just north of 322 (Stillhouse Hollow Road) to just... Continue Reading →
I had greatly enjoyed my Memorial Day weekend trip last year to Pennsylvania, finishing up the last section of the Tuscarora Trail. Sure, it had been oppressively hot, and my legs were torn up by rocks and thorns. But I loved these wild and out-of-the-way trails, and I wanted to do a similar trip this... Continue Reading →
********** The scene: Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” with Stefon Zelesky and Seth Meyers. Stefon Zelesky (in his soft, breathy voice): “New York’s hottest new nightclub is: Crease. The club promoter has gone all out. This place has everything: banjos, lights, stilts, ice sculptures, bear traps, screaming babies in Mozart wigs, carnival barkers, a cat from a... Continue Reading →
In the lead up to this trip, the weather report got worse pretty much every time we looked at it. The weather people seem to me to always be predicting the apocalypse and under delivering, but it certainly seemed as if we were looking at a wet weekend. Thursday, I did something I’ve not done... Continue Reading →
IT'S GREAT BEING RED A quick disclaimer that I am not trying to match David O's creative writing prowess of "It's Not Easy Being Green". This is merely an attempt to highlight another humble amphibian that became the unofficial mascot of our Wild Oak Trail hike: Red-Spotted Newt. We've counted 22 of these little guys... Continue Reading →
DC UL Backpacking 