Weekend hiker

It's been a while since I have blogged. The reason is because I haven't been able to backpack recently. I had a big trip planned f...

I've found that backpacking has sparked my interest in several areas that I hadn't really thought about much before. I'm findin...

With Saturday being Valentine's day I knew I couldn't do a weekend backpacking trip. But Hyrum had Friday off from school and I did...

The weather lately has been very interesting. Just a few days ago the highs were in the teens. Today it was near 70 degrees. There's ...

I, like most of you, have a list of blogs I like to read regularly. Two of my favorites are sectionhiker , by a fellow hiker from the Bosto...

In an earlier post I talked about my gear and briefly mentioned my alcohol stove system. I call it a system because the combination of th...

In my wildlife blog entry I mentioned that I was hoping to see a beaver dam on my trip to the middle fork of the OT. But in the subsequent ...