We finally got some spring-like weather returning to us. Yesterday's high peaked at 49 degrees, according to Weather.com, and with the sun shining, it felt nice. I took the dogs on a hike up to Annapolis Rocks, but we made a much longer hike out of it. Annapolis Rocks is about 2 miles north on the Appalachian Trail from where it crosses I-70. A ( Read more... )

So I promised a more detailed entry. I've been wanting to go to New Jersey for a while now, hoping to join up with Flip and Suzanne from the Weis Ecology Center for an eagle watch on the Delaware. The plan was also to visit Elena  as she and Erin wanted to finally meet. Well, since the Eagle watch was well out of the way and Erin didn't want to do ( Read more... )

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Three weeks to go and I'm unemployed. Well, hopefully I'll be employed somewhere for the winter, at least through the holiday season ( Read more... )

We got back this morning (Saturday) to a hot, humid, and muggy Maryland. I want to go back. Here's a quick and basic recap of the week ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, I'm heading off to Las Vegas for Teej's wedding followed by a week of fun and relaxation in Utah's Zion National Park. I'm excited, and yet annoyed at trying to fit everything into my backpack. I've never flown with a full set of gear before, so packing my tent and trekking poles on the inside is proving to be quite a challenge. This is ( Read more... )

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Well, I'm alive and well after a tiring 3 day backpacking trek followed by two days with 2nd graders and their parents.  The trip was great. We hiked about 15 miles from the Gravel Springs Hut to Elkwallow and down Jeremy's Run back into the Mountain Campus. We had a couple of views from Hogback Mountain around 3400 feet. At that elevation, it was ( Read more... )

Yesterday Erin and I took a little adventure for the day. Our goal was to explore and scout out Massanutten Mountain in northern Virginia. While its part of the limestone-based ridge and valley system that makes up much of the hills that run through Pennsylvania, Massanutten Mountain is a bit different in that two mountain ridges running parallel ( Read more... )