This is, along with reading, is my favorite hobby. Most recent trips include:

• Alaska again: 3 days on Macomb plateau, 1 day in Denali, and a couple of days in between
• The Adirondacks: canoed out on Saranac lake to camp for 2 nights then hiked up the Adirondack mountain via the Ampersand trail
• The Grand Canyon, including a solo hike to the bottom (via South Kaibab trail) and back (via Bright Angel trail)
• Bear Mountain: 2-day hike with a night at the Sages Ravine Campsite. Hot & (s)ticky
• 3/4 of the Pemi loop: 2-day hike with a night on Garfield Ridge (the cold night sky was magnificent). A bit underprepared in terms of water for the several strenuous climbs
• Shenandoah: 2-day hike though it’s cheating since we car-camped
• Vermont: 2-day hike near Grout Pond area to see fall colors. The hike ended with some amazing wild apples
• Appalachian trail: 2-day hike near Mt. Washington. We found a shelter with a logbook containing several fascinating entries from previous hikers and stragglers

Trips from a relatively distant past:

• Wrangell – St. Elias: 6-day back country backpacking including a drop-off and pickup by bush planes off of a mountain top
• Denali: 4-day back country backpacking. Was going to be a solo trip but found my most amazing backpacking partner on the bus into the park
• The UP: a solo hike that had me end up deep in the woods one night and on the beach of lake Superior the next
• Mark Twain National Forest: the 2-day solo hike that started it all. It had everything: being lost, a leg injury, a black bear, hailstorm, and armed country folks.