Snow, moss, and leaves – Seen on the Mary Hollow Trail.
Outdoor Activities
Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.
Loading up with water at the end of the Devil’s Backbone Trail – Gone are the days when I carry loads of water. The Sawyer Squeeze filter is so quick and easy to use, often I only have the one-and-a-half pints that my water bottle holds, filtering water as I find it. 2 pictures
January 25, 2020 14:46
Gear change – new backpack. Zpacks Arc Haul. 3
January 25, 2020 14:24
Lunch on the trail – Ramen Noodles. 3 pictures
January 25, 2020 14:15
Another empty trailhead – Here I am parked up, ready to start a three-day hike around the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness
January 25, 2020 12:57
January 2020, Three Days At Devil’s Backbone Wilderness – I visited old haunts and hiked the last of my un-trod trails in this wilderness. Journal: 18 48
January 25, 2020 12:00
Piney Creek Wilderness – January 2020 – A three day, two night, relaxing stay by the lakeside in Piney Creek Wilderness. Journal: 13 54
January 7, 2020 15:00
That’s Another Trip Completed. 2 pictures
January 7, 2020 13:04
Stops on the way – This downed tree offered a good place to catch my breath, have a drink, and take a selfie. 4
January 7, 2020 11:45
Cat Briar Meadows – Cat briars are taking over this area, and climbing the trees as well. I suspect the only thing keeping the trail open here is the horses. 2 pictures
January 7, 2020 10:33
Time to have breakfast, then pack up and go. One-minute read, 3 pictures
January 7, 2020 8:31
Frost melting in the early morning sunshine.
January 7, 2020 8:14
Leaves.
January 7, 2020 8:02
Sunrise on Day Three.
January 7, 2020 7:55
One more Piney Creek Panorama for luck – I’m not sure that I’ll ever tire of this view, though maybe I do need to stop taking pictures of it. Each time I look the play of the light is different. 2 pictures
January 7, 2020 7:55
Good morning! To get up or not to get up? Now that’s a question when it is cold out.
January 7, 2020 7:43
Day Three – view from my hammock.
January 7, 2020 7:42
Contemplating – nothing of great import, and I don’t think I wrote more than half a dozen words. 2
January 6, 2020 14:48
Camped by Table Rock Lake – The astute will notice that this is not my regular camping spot by the lake. The reason is quite simple; some expletive deleted hunter decided that a good place to leave the carcass of a deer they’d dressed would be right by the fire ring of my usual camping spot. One-minute read, 5 pictures
January 6, 2020 13:33
Early morning sunshine. 2 pictures
January 6, 2020 8:05
Decay – Leaves, shells and a stick covered with frost, and some monofilament fishing line leading to an unseen dead bird in the water.
January 6, 2020 7:49
Sunlight brushing the tops of the hills – the start of Day Two at Piney Creek Wilderness.
January 6, 2020 7:35
Frosty Morning – The predicted overnight temperatures were 30°F. It dropped to 21°F. Fortunately, I’d anticipated this and I was nice and warm in my hammock.
January 6, 2020 7:22
Winter twilight on the lake.