Albums

Collections of ten or more pictures, often with write-ups about what was going on.

 

Journal: Paddy Creek Wilderness, February 2025 — My first plan was dashed. I decided to spend three days on the Big Piney Trail at Paddy Creek Wilderness instead. It was a good hike, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing.Journal: 8   24

No smoke without fire — I was some miles away the smoke was thick at the farm, and ash was falling from the sky. This was from a prescribed burn, not a wildfire.

Journal: Hercules Glades in the snow, January 2025. A forecast winter storm in Southwest Missouri on January 9 and 10 was just what was needed to let me get some time out when the trail conditions would be a bit more challenging. Journal: 15   45

Journal: Four days hiking the Berryman Trail, Missouri, December 2024. This will be my last backpacking trip of the year. Journal: 15 42

Journal: Four days hiking the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. December 2024. There’s a break in the weather and I’m going to hike the Whites Creek Trail counter-clockwise, taking a leisurely four days to do it. Journal: 10   36

Journal: Getting outside my comfort zone, Paddy Creek Wilderness, December 2024. Things have conspired to keep me off the trails this year. I’ll be pushing my comfort zone as I don’t normally venture out if the daytime temperature is going to drop below 40°F. Journal: 10 20

Foothills Parkway Southwest Parking #10, Tennessee.

Foothills Parkway Southwest Parking #10, Tennessee.

Foothills Parkway Southwest Parking #10, Tennessee

Foothills Parkway Southwest Parking #2, Tennessee

Foothills Parkway West Overlook #14, Tennessee.

Santeetlah Lake, North Carolina.

Santeetlah Lake, North Carolina.

Parked on the Cherohala Skyway. Road trip, November ’24.

Cherohala Skyway. Road trip, November ’24.

Cherohala Skyway. Road trip, November ’24.

Peter Knob from Popcorn Overlook, Georgia. 2

Peter Knob from Popcorn Overlook, Georgia. 2

Table Rock & The Stool. Table Rock State Park, South Carolina. +1

Pinnacle Lake, Table Rock State Park, South Carolina.

Pinnacle Lake, Table Rock State Park, South Carolina. +1

Table Rock from the Grant Meadow Overlook. South Carolina.

Beach trail — Assateague State Park, Maryland.

Reed beds — Assateague State Park, Maryland.

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