Ouachita Trail- Arkansas
This post is a bit earlier than I expected. But, it turns out that I have a scheduling conflict that interferes with the timing of my Ouachita Trail trek, forcing me to move the...
Author: Mark (SlowBro) Hurd
2025 Plans
Well, my good intentions of posting a blog before the end of last year was for naught. But I have finally hatched a plan for this year, tentative as it may be, so I...
Grand Canyon- Thoughts
At some point last year Cappuccino was wondering out loud, what would it be like to go down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I told her about my experience with it, hiking...
Grand Canyon- Climbing Out
The canyon walls re-radiated the sun’s heat all night so that at 4AM it was still 86°. Cappuccino and I used the red light of our headlamps to break camp as a courtesy to...
Grand Canyon- Into The Abyss
Four forty five came early. Cappy and I were up and out the door by 5 for a drive-through rendezvous with MacD’s for breakfast. Then we drove through the dark to the Backcountry Ranger...
Grand Canyon-Getting There
Cappuccino and I started out about 6 AM, stopped by Starbucks for coffee and a sandwich, and got on Interstate 40 headed west. It would be five hours heading through western New Mexico and...
Hey Dan, I’m not opposed to shorter mileage days, but wanted something that would be interesting to Will. You know…