Two Weeks To Go
Just a short entry as I try to get all the things in my real life in good order so that I can be gone for a month on the trail. My daughter and...
Author: Mark (SlowBro) Hurd
Trip Report- 4 Days In The Gila Wilderness
Last week I met friends, Cappuccino, Level, and Jolly Rancher, in Albuquerque for a backpacking trip into the Gila Wilderness of SW New Mexico. Roughly a 5 to 6 hour drive from ABQ, the...
Local Overnight Trip
In preparation for a trip out to New Mexico next week, and in spite of predicted bad weather here, I did a shakedown overnight trip to nearby Hardesty Mountain. I was on the road...
My First Backpacking Trip
It was 1962. I was 12 years old, a new Boy Scout in Troop 53 in El Paso, TX, and I was going on my first real camping trip. We were told we were...
Stove Experiments
Well, you may recall from the last blog that I was suffering from plantar fasciitis. Although I still am aware of my right heel, the pain has diminished significantly. I am continuing to wear...
Plantar Fasciitis
It was a beautiful day after days of clouds and rain, so I took off on what turned out to be a 10 mile training hike through northeast Eugene. The hike was fun, I...
It was a kind of magical time back then. We, too, are sad about the May timing. 😕However, wishing you…