Surprise Party
Souzz asked me how I wanted to celebrate my birthday this year, and I said I’d like to spend the night on the ground. I guess that makes me a …
Category: West Virginia
Lost and Found
My buddy KB and I are just back from a visit to the Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia. The Sods are 17,000 wild and wonderful acres, one of seven …
Biking / Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia
Again and Again and Again
I’m just back from paddling and hiking in one of my favorite places, West Virginia’s New River Gorge. The New has been an outdoor destination of mine for most of …
Getting Back
As you may have noticed, changing venues is one of the ways that Souzz and I are sustaining ourselves during the pandemic. Last week’s move was to Lookout Cottage, a …
Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia
Approaching the line
Paddling whitewater has been a lifelong pursuit of mine, maybe because I’m decades into it and still picking up new things. I’ve learned a lot about technique, reading water, and …
Repeat Novelty
A few years back, we made grouper with mole verde sauce on a backpacking trip, using a recipe inspired by Souzz’s travels to Oaxaca, Mexico. Preparing the mole required a …
Cabins / North Carolina / USA / Virginia / West Virginia
A Trip to the Office
For obvious reasons, this year has been more about pressing pause than pressing play. And the list of things we’ve paused feels long, including air travel, crowded spaces, shared river …
Biking / USA / Virginia / West Virginia
Being Quiet?
We’re over in the Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia for the second half of our trip, and we’ve gotten in a few hikes and a few bike rides despite a …
Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia
Known Firsts
Before the COVID quarantines started some weeks back, Souzz and I snuck in an overnight paddling trip to Hopeville Canyon in West Virginia. We’d run that stretch on day trips …
Cabins / Food and Drink / Paddling / USA / West Virginia
Paddles, Pies (almost), and Parades
With a kayaking trip planned to the mountains this weekend, we decided we’d stop through Petersburg, West Virginia, to catch their 4th of July parade on the ride back home. …