Dr. Dasypodidae

We went to Pinnacles years ago with our 5 year old son and loved it. We spent half a day.

Well, it has been a while since we visited Yosemite and Kings Canyon, but we used to live in Monterey so am familiar with the area...

There is now a Mount Washington Observatory live webcam pointing to the west! Just noticed it today. As an aside, there is a message on...

A tree surgeon once told me that even healthy oaks shed a lot of branches, mostly smaller ones from my experience. I spent beaucoup...

Got outside one last time this winter for a little backpack last weekend. My friend Jeff and I stayed with some of his friends on Kanc...

I think that Hancock Notch Trail is one of those trails much easier to snowshoe or xc ski in winter than hike in summer.

Excellent article. Thanks for posting. Cannon Mountain has had at least two solo skier fatalities on the Upper Ravine Trail. Both...

Here's a link to an accident which lead to a fatality...

I remember how talkative the fire tower ranger was on Croydon when we visited, as he rarely had visitors, unlike Hal Graham at the...

Seeing all those spindly and snow-laden trees, I was looking forward to seeing your hammock strung up, which must have challenging...

I always wanted to get back to Croydon for my wNHcountyHP list. 🙂

I have not kept up, so would not be surprised. I think that there was some pressure on the previous managers to have an open date each...

It just occurred to me that I have been in a similar situation on annual, one-day, x/c ski traverses of the Pemigewasset, Rte 302 to Rte...

Splitting of the group is almost always a bad idea, and it certainly seemed the case here. I can't imagine myself in a situation where...

The main question that I have is did he lose his boot while post-holing off trail while carrying snowshoes on his pack? See the...