Til the Last Hemlock Dies

Well, since I was frustrated in my attempt to bag Sitting Bear Mountain a few days ago, I'm heading back to Linville Gorge in the mornin...

Now that I'm retired I work my part-time job anywhere from zero days to four days per week. It is weird not having to go and punch a clo...

Sometimes when I go hiking I don't find the wildlife that I hope to see and photograph. I've noticed that even the birds I used to d...

Carole and I drove up to Asheville on Sunday so that I could find a pair of new hiking shoes. My old reliable Merrell shoes finally gave up ...

Now that retirement has fully kicked in I have begun to get my ducks in a row as far as planning trips is concerned. So far, we're stayi...

Carole and I plan our longer vacations meticulously. We don't narrow down our daily activities so that we're stuck to a rigid schedu...

Andy, Carole, and I went to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD last week. We tried to go see it the week before, but when we got to the theat...

A few times in my experiences hiking or camping or backpacking in the forests and wilderness areas I have had some creepy things happen. I...

I'm sure most people work hard. I always have and almost everyone I've ever worked alongside have done the same. Lazy bastard goldbr...

Before I get back to posting about hiking, wildlife, photography, camping, and (less and less, these days) writing, I want to pause to revie...

We're back from our week-long trip into the mountains of West Virginia. When Carole and I were younger we would vacation in WV at least ...

Carole and I are getting ready for our next road trip. We'll have one of these a month for the rest of the year, I think, unless Carole ...

Somehow I missed some video that I shot of the Caudill Cabin. It had been my intention to include the images on the previous video that I cr...

I made the hike up to see the Caudill Cabin. I left my house very early so that I could get to the trailhead around 7:30, 8 at the latest. H...