What a slacker I’ve been! Although the injury to my Achilles last August really put a damper on my activities, I don’t think I had to go quite this deep into hibernation. Between the injury, work, and a strange and seemingly long winter, it took something major to get me kick-started this year. What about
I’d been wanting to get up to Shenandoah National Park and check out the classic hike to the summit of “Old Rag” for quite a while so when the weekend opened up, I hitched up the camper, picked up a pal, and hit the road Friday afternoon. We found a little campground that was open
It looks like 2010 is shaping up to be a pretty active year for me. If things work out in the next few weeks, I’ll be heading out to Durango, Colorado for a little alpine training with Southwest Adventure Guides in the San Juan Mountains in late February or early March. Although I haven’t worked
I decided to try something a little different this Christmas and do some active traveling. Much of the local family was also away so I booked a cheap flight to Las Vegas, rented a car, and drove up to Utah to spend some time checking out Zion and Bryce National Parks. I arrived on Sunday
Having some business in Charlottesville this weekend, I decided to head up to the Skyline Drive, camp out Friday night, and do a little hiking Saturday morning. The forecast wasn’t too promising for Friday and Saturday and as predicted, the temperature was mild (in the mid 60’s), windy, and rainy all night Friday and most