camping

Have you ever spent the night in a leaky tent? I speak from experience when I say it’s no fun! Finding the right backpacking tent is important. After a long…

Finding free camping in the US is difficult if you don’t know where to look. As a general rule, the further East you go, the more difficult finding free campsites…

Ladies! I can’t tell you how important it is to have a proper sleeping bag when hitting the trail. Women’s sleeping bags are being made by top outdoor retailers, and…

A microadventure is an escape from the ordinary in everyday life. With planning, practice, and a little bit of dedication, you can be camping on a hill tonight and at work…

Long distance hiking provides some unique challenges and circumstances that require a few subtle but important differences in the type of gear one might bring along. Here is some of the…

It was cold. Very cold. The night before entering Maine, the Rough Ryders and a few others crammed into a small shelter on the eastern edge of New Hampshire. As…

We have reached Harpers Ferry! The historic town is known as the half way point between springer mountain and Katahdin. On the way, we hit mile markers 900 and 1000.…

That’s right, we have reached the quarter way mark! The last 3 weeks have been a race to make up for time that we lost while we were sick in…

We started our trip on the Approach trail at Amicalola falls. We were dropped off in the evening and stayed at the Max Epperson shelter at the start of the…

After a fond farewell from our friends and family, Kyle and I are setting off on the adventure of a lifetime. Our REI family has provided an overwhelming amount of…