Great Sand Dunes! Ever since he first saw the dunes in a book when he was five or six, one of my group members wanted to visit. Unfortunately, that first visit didn’t turn out so well due to a sandstorm,…
Creation is Not Our Salvation
In the hiking communities I’m blessed to be a part of, I hear many comments about the wilderness. They talk about how going out into the wilderness relaxes them, gives them peace, reconnects them with God, helps them remember what…
Irondequoit Lakeside Multi-Use Trail
The Irondequoit Lakeside Multi-use Trail stretches from the mouth of Irondequoit Bay nearly all the way to the Genesee River. It’s paved the whole way, and parts actually offer views of the lake (other parts are residential sidewalks). There are…
The Narrow Road in the Wilderness
I tend to lump wilderness trails into two categories: 1) The trails that are wide and crowded, and 2) The nearly deserted trails that are narrow and sometimes hardly exist. There’s plenty of gray area between these two extremes, but…
DIY Sleeping Bag Liner – Make Your Sleeping Bag Warmer & Cozier!
Have you ever wanted to make your sleeping bag warmer? Or have you wanted to make your sleeping bag softer? One of my group members wanted both. He had a very nice Coleman sleeping bag, but it wasn’t warm enough…
Eyes for God’s Beauty
I read an interesting quote by John Muir yesterday. He said, “God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.” The quote more or less speaks for itself. …
Climbing Goat Peak near Wanless Lake
While researching trails to hike in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in western Montana last spring, I discovered a couple of things: 1) While there are many trails in the Cabinets, you can’t find good information about most of them, and…
Patreon February Featured Hikes – Zone 1 (Pacific Northwest) & Zone 2 (Northern Southwest)
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Patreon February Featured Hikes – Zone 3 (Southwest) & Zone 4 (Rocky Mountain States)
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Patreon February Featured Hikes – Zone 5 (Great Plains) & Zone 6 (Great Lakes States)
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