Another installment of my long, slow crawl to Katahdin is now complete. Links to all of the pics here. My total AT miles now stands at about 690. Once again, we were blessed with great weather during the hike…and some nice shelters for when the skies opened up and rain began to fall. We didn’t … Continue reading Inch By Inch, Step By Step…
Katadyn's BeFree Filter: Great...but... Deep Woods and I each used a Katadyn BeFree this time around, filtering nearly 40 liters apiece over the course of the trip. Not enough to give a fair evaluation, especially considering that nearly all sources filtered from were clear and gunk-free. No issues whatsoever though. Flow rate was great. Certainly better … Continue reading A Bunch Of Thoughts On Gear After the Spring 2018 Hike
Finally put some time aside to get back here and post an update. I've been busy with family, projects at home, work, etc. over the last few months. Trail-life has taken a backseat to more pressing matters. However, I'm happy to report that Deep Woods and I will be resuming our AT trek in the coming … Continue reading Update…
Well, we're back at the resort and I'm glad to report we survived. It was an another amazing trip but unfortunately I don't have time now to dump all the details and pics. So, I'll drop some posts over the next couple of days to catch up. Here goes. Day One: We pulled into the … Continue reading Return to the Appalachian Trail and Siler’s Bald
A few months back I spelled out a short list of the gear we would be trying to acquire or make for the upcoming season(s). One of our primary goals was a twin separating quilt, one with a lower temp rating than my solo quilt (which rates to about 30 deg). I wanted Loonie to … Continue reading Gearin’ Up…
Plans are starting to come together for this spring. Loonie and I will head down to the Smokies for a week in April where we'll spend three days backpacking and the rest of the time day hiking in the hopes of getting some good wild flower pics. The annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage will be goin' … Continue reading Spring Dreamin’ And Some Awesome New Merrells
Santa must have thought Loonie had been nice all year because she added yet another lens to her collection, a Canon 10-18mm f/4.5 IS STM wide-angle. Canon's 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Wide-Angle Lens I know what you must be thinking: "What happened to the Rokinon 14mm wide-angle?" Well, let's just say that I got a … Continue reading More Cool Stuff for Loonie…
First order of business: A little package from Crazy Legs (Terra, from our last trip on the AT) arrived the other day. A very nice gift and card, though I gotta say the girl’s pissing me off BIG time! She mentioned in her note that she got a cool new ULA pack (ULA makes awesome … Continue reading
Well, we're home and while it's great to see Pumpkin Head and Itty Bitty I'm missing being out on the trail already. Shoot, I was missing it as soon as we left the park. There were some disappointments - only one bear and no pic of that, just a handful of elk and they were … Continue reading Is it time to go back yet?
Bulldog's Droppings 