The only thing better than Easter candy ….

April 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment

The only thing better than Easter candy …. is a bag of it in the backcountry #besthikeswithkids

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Kiss the fish!!!

October 28, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Your reward after a hard day hiking & fishing at #WoodruffScoutReservation

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Appalachian Trail, Walking On A Dream – May 2, 2015

May 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Took a hike with my son and our dog last weekend. Had an interesting start to the backpacking trip and nearly perfect weather for our camp out. Here is the dream version of the video.

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LEN FOOTE HIKE INN, NORTH GEORGIA – TRIP VIDEO (FEBRUARY 2015)

February 18, 2015 By Leave a Comment

This is a winter hike to the Len Foote Hike Inn that we did with a group of dads and sons from St. Jude Catholic Church. Kudos to the staff at the Inn – who provided outstanding customer service during our visit. What a great place….

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Working Off Thanksgiving Dinner – An Overnight In Panthertown Valley

December 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment

After fattening up on Thanksgiving dinner, The Camel meets us in North Carolina for a hike in to Panthertown Valley.  No one is more excited than the Boone Dawg who is craving some time in the backcountry.  And we are blessed with sunshine as you can see from the the shadows in this photo. The […]

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Roswell Mill Has It All: Hiking, Geocaching, Burgers, And Brews

November 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment

It was a beautiful day for a hike last weekend, and we mixed in some geocaching with the boys as we hit the trail.  Here’s the view from the Roswell Mill parking area looking down at the bridge over Vickery Creek (which is also called Big Creek on some maps). Pack 623 quickly found the first geocache […]

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St Jude Cub Scout Pack 623 – Fall 2013 to Summer 2014

August 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment

This is a recap of our year with Cub Scout Pack 623 in Atlanta, GA which includes multiple hikes on the Appalachian Trail, a Bert Adams campout, the Pinewood Derby, and a spring overnight trip to the Georgia aquarium, SOAR model rockets, the Blue and Gold Banquet, and Cub Scout summer camp near Alpharetta.

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From movie set to backcountry set, a Walk In The Woods on the Appalachian Trail

May 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment

You may have heard that Walk In The Woods is filming now in the Atlanta area, and Friday I was cast as an extra in a bunkroom scene with actors Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. True to the book, it was set at Rainbow Springs, N.C. after an April snowstorm. Needless to say, I had […]

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Spring Has Sprung, Time For A Hike On The Benton MacKaye …

March 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

After a unseasonably cool winter, the weather finally broke and we decided to take the kids out for an overnight hike. We did this one on a Friday night to avoid conflicts with spring sports and with spring break. Here we are at the parking area at Three Forks on the Appalachian Trail. The dog […]

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Long Creek Falls, Appalachian Trail, Georgia

March 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Taking a break at Long Creek Falls in North Georgia on the Appalachian Trail.

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