Backpacking
Quehanna Trail and Historic CCC Cabin
Backpacking the Green Mountains
We spent most of the first week of August (six days, five nights, to be exact) on a backpacking trip through the Green Mountains of Vermont. We officially began our hike at the Lye Brook Wilderness Area and later joined up with Vermont’s famous Long Trail and the Appalachian Trail.
Blizzard Backpacking
As soon as we got the news that Villanova would be closed the next day in anticipation of a blizzard, we were on our way out the door with our backpacks on. We hiked from our house into some nearby woods to our destination squat that is inaccessible to all but the stalwart or/and foolhardy We arrived at our site after a hike through untrodden snow and drifts and streams, just in time to set up our t
Adirondacks backpacking
Well, the five-night backpacking trip circumnavigating the trio of Adirondack lakes, Murphy, Middle and Bennett, was not to be. We lost a couple of days trying to wait out the worst of the rain, and we knew our pace would be slower even in a light rain, so we opted to go to Murphy Lake for just a two-night hike.
Mid-May visit to Delaware Water Gap
The Delaware Water Gap is such a busy destination in the summer months, it's good
Paul's second solo on the Tuscarora
Because Fran had used her leave time recuperating from the flu, Paul had to go solo or not go backpacking at all. Going solo won out. On this trip he headed south from the parking lot.
West Royce Mtn., August 2006
With three days between a family reunion in southern Maine and another family get together at the Connecticut shore, we had just enough time to fit in some backpacking. What better place than the White Mountains to really get away from civilization?
