Category: Ouachita Trail

The ground was rushing toward my face at an alarming speed. I tried to roll to my right to avoid smashing my face and was successful, but my shoulder and one rib bore the...

Imagine that you, by some bizarre accident, set up your camp at the side of an active runway at a big international airport. As you lay there in your sleeping bag try to get...

Had a bit of a fitful night and got up at 5:30AM. Grabbed breakfast at the motel which was quite good, eggs, sausage, waffles, the whole nine yards. Then it was back to my...

2:45AM- Awaiting Uber to airport. I’m taking a 5:30 flight to Phoenix where I have a tight connection to Dallas. Then, in Big D, a three hour wait for my flight into Fort Smith,...

4:45AM: I was climbing the hill in a driving rain, hoping that my pack cover was doing its job. The temperature was hovering in the mid 30s as I zipped my rain jacket up...

I’m just back from a trip down to Southern California to visit my sister and brother and their spouses. Nancy and I had a great time and it was good to see them all....