On January 24th I set out on a 7-day kayaking adventure across Everglades National Park. I camped over th...
This was a northbound section hike of the Appalachian Trail starting at East Flagstaff Road (NB mile 2025...
This is part 2 of my June 2019 section hike in the Sierra. Original Hike Plan Falls Victim to Injury My i...
The Foothills Trail extends 77 miles as it crosses the highest point in South Carolina and crosses numero...
On October 10, 2019, I began a 199.5 mile southbound section hike from Swift Run Gap in Shenandoah Nation...
Blue Ridge Parkway Bike Ride - More Day 2 Leeds Manor Road skirting Naked Mountain on the ride to Front Royal easily had the steepest climbs of the day. The slopes on Skyline drive were easily conquered. I rode through two downpours on Skyline Drive; one soon after the start and one toward the end. Two more deer on Skyline bringing the day's total to 18. The best wildlife sighting happened near SD mile marker 25. I was silently cruising down a mountain when a black bear ran into...
It rained during the night. More lightening than rain and I stayed dry. I was up at 5 AM. A tame dear stalked my camp looking for a handout. Shortly after 6 AM I had finished oatmeal and coffee and was on my bike. By 8:30 AM I was eating my 2nd breakfast of 2 eggs and French toast. Met several a thru hikers including Curmudgeon during my tuna salad lunch. Wildlife included a beautiful turkey gobble. On the bike you hear all of the birds....
May 21 and 22 has been spent riding 93 miles from Union Station in Washington DC to Skyline Dr in Front Royal, VA. After deboarding train and putting on pedals, handlebar, panniers, etc. I charged into DC traffic and was soon riding past the Supreme Court, Capitol building, Smithsonian, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial. As usual, tourists were in force. A few willing tourists agreed to snap my photo, all foreigners, from Austria and Italy. After crossing the Potomac, I followed the river upstream on the very narrow...
I leave tomorrow on the night train from Atlanta to Washington D.C.. I have been resting up this past week with only a couple of 25 mile days. My back is still a little sore and stiff after a strain suffered while digging in the garden last Sunday morning. Some rest, stretching, light bike riding, and Ibuprofen has helped and I am ready to go. Here are my kids, Taylor and Rebecca, on the Silver Comet trail with me last Sunday....
