Review: Mountain House Biscuits and Gravy
Biscuits and Gravy Brand: Mountain House 620 calories / 140g = 4.43 cal/g Out for an excursion with my 3-year old daughter today, I brought a long a brunch snack for us to try out. I was a bit excited…
Review: Good to Go Thai Curry
Thai Curry Brand: Good to Go 760 calories / 189g = 4.0 cal/g Looking back on my food reviews recently, I’ve realized I need more dimensions of rating. Most freeze-dried products I actually tend to enjoy probably because I love…
Trip Report: Mount Nancy and Trails Less Traveled
I had spent the three days before this hike with my family doing a hut hike. That was an amazing time exploring the Whites through the eyes of my kids, but I was looking forward to a day with a…
AT 2017: MA, CT, and NY
I decided I’d just do a single entry for my whole trip because in today’s age people just want the bullet points of the trip if they want anything at all. This year since I was done with the Long…
How I became “‘Bout Time” – Long Trail Wrap-up
Over the course of three section hikes, I hiked the Long Trail end to end. I had never thru-hiked anything, having been merely dreaming about doing long distance hiking for about 13 years before I took my first step on…
AT 2017 Early Plans
I wanted to do a long hike this summer, so I started scouting around for options. I considered another LT hike, because I have nothing but the best times when I hike on the LT and now I’ve at least…
Trip Report: Kinsmans…4000 footers done!
Finally the day had arrived, I was going to be able to finish my 4000 footers. I had wanted to end on West Bond (see that hike) or something over there because I love that ridge. However, the timings didn’t…
Trip Report: North Twin, West Bond, and Galehead
Finally I can see the end of my 4000-footer list. This was my second to last planned trip to get them all complete this season. When I done my pemi loop a couple years ago, I did not knock off…
Trip Report: The Hancock Loop and the Osceolas
I was unsure of whether to count this as a single trip or multiple trips. Technically I hiked between the two trailheads (even if it was along a road), so it sort of was a single hike. But for the…
LT 2016 Day 3: Cooley Glen to Starks Nest
We woke up at 6:45am. We had a great breakfast, mainly because some one shared coffee. I don’t normally bring coffee on my hikes, so this was a nice treat. The first hill we climbed after the shelter was easy…