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Four o’clock came early on Sunday morning, but surprisingly, the sky was already lightening with the color from the rising sun. We got ourselves together quickly, struck and packed the tent, then headed over to the car to heat up some coffee and water for oatmeal. By 5 a.m. we were on the...

As Blue posted on another thread, she and I just did a Presidential traverse yesterday from Madison to Jackson. We both ended up with a few blisters on our feet. I happen to have a small one on the ball of each foot. Normally, this would be not be a big deal and I would just rest my doggies a...

Two weeks ago, as we planned our tripyramid hike, I said to Blue that I wanted a hike that would really beat us up. The tripyramids were long, but it didn’t give us that completely used up feeling that I was looking for. This Sunday’s hike, gave us what eluded us two weeks earlier. We got a...

Blue and I had a great May Day celebration atop the tripyramids on Saturday, enjoying the beautiful warm weather, great views and terrific company. We began our hike in the lot off of Tripoli road and proceeded up Livermore Road (trail). After a bit of consternation about the proper entrance...