A Walk in the Woods

So…I used to hike a lot when I was younger.  Probably the worst hike to date was getting trapped up on a ridge just below Flat Top Mountain in Colorado in...

Nothing like hiking 13+ miles only to come up 0.80 miles short of 100! Grrrrrr! So despite the temperature being 94 degrees (but “feeling” like 104) I was bound and determine...

So yeah…about Saturday being my day to do long hikes…that’s change. We’re now moving those to Sunday for a number of reasons: 1. On Sunday, everyone is at church. Less traffic...

When I can’t think of a title I resort to dates.  I know.  It’s lame. I guess I owe a bit of a catch up. Currently I’m up to 66 miles...

I had two goals today as I set out for my “long” hike. One was to hit my 50 mile mark.  The other was to hike a full 10 miles. We...

Yesterday was the 4th of July.  Day two of my 4 day weekend.  You’d think I would have felt rested and ready to party! Wrong. Seems yesterday I woke up at...

When I started this about a month ago, I set a very simple goal for myself.  Reach 50 miles.  That’s it.  That’s all I had to do.  I didn’t say “walk...

I’m running out of imaginative titles…anyway. Yesterday I hiked at 4:30PM. Who’s freakin’ idea is this? Oh yeah..mine. Yay me. Yesterday it was 96F with 40% humidity. Luckily I had breezes...

I don’t care where you are or what you are doing; find time to do something…. Walk? Sure Hike? Find a trail…there’s one close by Run? Okay…well….that’s just crazy talk right...

How many of you hike, walk, run, and you have your ear buds in? Off in your own world. Maybe the music helps motivate you to push farther. Or maybe, you...