I felt slight pause about our backpacking trip into the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness. This wilderness is nothing like the Midwest. Even in the milder temperatures of late Winter, the dry air and the terrain still find a way to take their toll. The lesson is basically to research and prepare yourself for the environment. Like [...]
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Backpacking Sycamore Canyon (3 days)
The weekend has finally arrived! Rachael and I are picking up our friends from the airport in Phoenix tonight and we are heading out bright and early in the morning to one of the Sycamore Canyon trailheads to experience and epic trip. We have not done as much this winter in Arizona as last, which [...]
Last great Great Lakes adventure for the season…
This was my first backpacking trip and my last hurrah for the midwest. What a way to do it, too. Spectacular! It couldn’t have happened at a better time nor a better place nor with better people. I also learned a lot about sensible packing for a multi-day backpacking trip - the hard way.
I’m not [...]
Ottawa, IL (Day 1): Backpacking Starved Rock
This is my first trip out with my newly acquired Gregory backpack. I bought this pack from Chad (pictured) knowing that I will be venturing off places in the midwest and southwest this winter. I also bought a backpack for Rachael from REI. We have to pack hers up and take it out it test, [...]
Wyalusing State Park: A Co-Meetup Event
This was a fine attempt at creating a co-meetup group outing to include the FYB: Chicago Area Kayaking and the Northwest Burbs Camping meetup groups. There seem to be plenty of members in common, I’m not one of them. The trip was great. It provided awesome scenery, great paddling and a few extra surprises. Sadly, [...]
