A solo October paddle down the Au Sable River and up the coast of Lake Huron to Alpena, over 170 miles by sea kayak in six days.

A couple of weeks ago, although it was getting a little colder, Ekaterina and I felt like river exploration season hadn’t yet ended. This...

I checked the map. "Don't worry," I told Karisma, "we're pretty close to a parking lot, then it's just another three miles to the halfway...

We had a fantastic backpacking trip during the Perseids meteor shower. Negwegon at Night is a two-night trip in the northern lower...

After backpacking with Laura for a few days (read about that trip here), it was time for our group trip, Wild Heart. This trip is a four...

I went up north, planning to be gone for about two weeks. I intended to lead two group backpacking trips with Laura, who is a yoga...

I've been dehydrating my own meals at home for easy trail prep for my last few group backpacking trips. I now have a few core recipes...

Done right, meals on a trip can be a highlight and give you something to look forward to. Everything tastes better when you're doing...

In 2018, I paddled down the coast of California to Baja, starting in Malibu and ending at Santa Rosaliita, about 580 miles. It was a...

Ekaterina and I enjoyed the Flint River the first time we went, so we thought we should explore more of it. The South Branch joins up...

The Solstice, what to do with so much daylight? Karisma and I were in Frankenmuth the previous day, celebrating my sister's engagement....

I recently picked up a tandem sit-on-top to complement my sea kayak collection. It's been quite handy for river trips or inland lakes,...

At a long hike Karisma and I did, one of us joked that we should try to complete a 36 mile long trail in one day... so now we have that...

For our first hike together in a few months, Ekaterina and I went to Ortonville. We've been there before but not in years. This time she...

I've never been to the Upper Peninsula in winter, but Karisma had seen photos of ice caves and was interested in seeing them in person....

After a few false starts, I finally made it up to Negwegon State Park. I saw snow in the Alpena forecast for later this week, so...

The hiking itself was fantastic, we did about eight miles on the first and last day, and a ten-mile day hike from the cabin on the second...

We did make it to the top with plenty of daylight, against expectations. A weathered USGS marker told us we were at the peak...

Knowing that we now had an abundance of time and nowhere else to go, we stopped at a cemetery for a break and to evaluate our options...

Shortly after launching, two dogs spotted us from a riverfront yard. The two chased us quite far; one even swam alongside us growling...