From the Gym to the Mountain

Blackmare Lake? 2017 Days 1 and 2

We planned on going to Blackmare Lake, but we had also prepared ourselves for the possibility that it wouldn’t be…

Long backpacking trips have a way of changing the way you feel about our place in the world, the way…

Heading for a morning dip in the hot spring. It’s definitely still hot. Looking up at the trail on the…

Ambrose is ready to go despite the clouds. So am I! Heading out to Skillern from Big Smoky Canyon Campground…

Ambrose and I hiked out to the border of Idaho and Nevada so I wouldn’t have to start my hike…

I got myself up before the sunrise so I could get started. Heading down into the valley. This fence…

Sunrise as I hit the trail for day 2. The scenery consisted of a lot of flat seeming vistas,…

Getting started before the sun crests a nearby butte. Where are all my trees at? Sometimes the Idaho Centennial Trail…

When I was out on my solo trip this year, I went out a lot faster than I intended to.…

I think I must be going insane. I voluntarily let the alarm go off at 4:30 in the am on…