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Flashback: Our 2018 backpacking trip

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Eldon 832 Views 0 Comments

As the boys and I make plans for the first backpacking trip of 2019, it occurred to me that I

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Hiking & Camping Product Reviews 

How to go Backpacking on the Cheap

June 20, 2019December 9, 2019 Eldon 737 Views 0 Comments backpacking, frugal

In the summer of 2017, my son and I were invited to go on a three-day, two-night backpacking trip with

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Backpacking in the Otter Creek Wilderness Area

July 6, 2017July 18, 2017 Eldon 1469 Views 0 Comments Altra Lone Peak, featured, Otter Creek Wilderness, Waterfall

The boys and I have been wanting to try backpacking for the last year or two, but we have been

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Fishing Hiking & Camping 

Canoeing the Pipestone River

September 7, 2016October 12, 2016 Elijah 1849 Views 1 Comment canoing, northern pike, ontario, pipestone river, walleye

This trip was designed to be a father-son retreat and a time of refreshment and renewal. After much planning, eleven

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Hiking & Camping Places to visit 

Day Trip to Seneca Rocks

June 5, 2016June 27, 2016 Eldon 1154 Views 0 Comments seneca rocks, west virginia

Somehow on the eve of Memorial Day we still didn’t have any plans of how to spend the day, so

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Return to the 1000 Steps

March 1, 2016March 7, 2016 Eldon 929 Views 0 Comments 1000 steps, bricks, locomotive, mt. union

After a few cold weeks, Sunday we had some spring-like weather. My family and I took advantage of it by

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Hiking & Camping Survival 

A Night in the Igloo

February 6, 2016October 2, 2017 Eldon 1228 Views 0 Comments camping, cold, eskimo, igloo, snow, winter camping

Tent camping in cold weather never seemed very appealing to me, but for a long time I’ve wanted to spend

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Hiking & Camping 

Camping Along the Juniata River

June 28, 2014November 25, 2019 Eldon 1268 Views 0 Comments campfire, juniata river, scenic, tent

We had a great time this weekend tent camping along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River near the town

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Hiking & Camping Places to visit 

Coal Mine Canyon

June 9, 2014June 12, 2014 Eldon 797 Views 0 Comments arizona, coal mine canyon

I recently stumbled upon my photograph collection of Coal Mine Canyon, a place Crystal and I visited during our trip

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Hiking & Camping Places to visit 

Hiking the Kerper Tract

May 22, 2014April 28, 2018 Eldon 1159 Views 0 Comments big cove tannery, cove creek, kerper tract, picnic, redbud valley, trout fishing

The Kerper tract is a parcel of the Buchanan State Forest located near Big Cove Tannery. It has two hiking

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