Trip Report: “It’s Not Easy Being Green” or “Severance, Season 3—the Backpacking Version” (Green Ridge S.F. Thru-Hike, Flintstone, MD) (April 25-27, 2025) (40 miles)

PROLOGUE It was Friday night, and the Green Ridge State Forest frogs were having the party of the year. Nothing shouts “mating season” like the first warm, drizzly evening of springtime. The loud disco music kept the crowd hopping as they all chanted in unison along with their favorite tunes. The alcohol was flowing—most enjoyed... Continue Reading →

April 28, 2025 0

Trip Report: “The Whisky Ain’t Workin’ Anymore” (Appalachian Trail from Front Royal to Ashby Gap, Virginia) (April 19-20, 2025) ~22 miles

“Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it.” — God, Genesis 2:16, JNP, 1985 “There was a time I could drink my cares away . . . but the whiskey ain’t workin’ anymore.” — Stuart,... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2025 0

Trip Report: “Cache and Carry” in the Superstition Mountains, AZ (~80 miles, January 31-February 7, 2025)

Number one rule of hiking is "DON'T GET DEAD!". One of the corollaries of that rule is "DON'T RUN OUT OF WATER IN THE DESERT". The issue of water was definitely on my mind as I was planning a backpacking trip to the Arizona's Superstition Mountains Wilderness. This part of Tonto National Forest is rugged... Continue Reading →

February 12, 2025

Trip Report: Choose Your Own New Year’s Adventure in Shenandoah National Park

2025 upon us, we ventured out on January 2nd to Shenandoah (SNP) for two nights of backpacking to start hiking in the new year and take in the hunter-free woods on this, the last week of rifle season in Virginia for every public forest in the state not federally protected like this national park. There... Continue Reading →

January 6, 2025 0

Trip Report: Quehanna Trail (~75 miles). Election Week Escape From DC w/ Geiger Counters, Coyotes, and Altoona Pizza

Photo: Logan. We love our traditions around here. One week after DC UL’s annual Four State Challenge, we launched our third post-presidential election week escape from DC to the 75-mile Quehanna Trail in north-central Pennsylvania. In 2016, I vividly remembered our shell-shocked faces after a surprisingly tumultuous week as we gathered at the trailhead on that... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “It’s Not Easy Being Green” or “Severance, Season 3—the Backpacking Version” (Green Ridge S.F. Thru-Hike, Flintstone, MD) (April 25-27, 2025) (40 miles)

Trip Report: “The Whisky Ain’t Workin’ Anymore” (Appalachian Trail from Front Royal to Ashby Gap, Virginia) (April 19-20, 2025) ~22 miles

Trip Report: “Cache and Carry” in the Superstition Mountains, AZ (~80 miles, January 31-February 7, 2025)

Trip Report: Choose Your Own New Year’s Adventure in Shenandoah National Park

Trip Report: Quehanna Trail (~75 miles). Election Week Escape From DC w/ Geiger Counters, Coyotes, and Altoona Pizza

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