This year, at the Maine Conference for Small Town Jewish Life, I’m teaching a course on basic orienteering. If you follow this site, you know that I’m a big advocate for the...
Where I live in Maine, for weekend adventures, I have a “can I get there and back again on a single tank of gas” philosophy. As it turns out, just north of Quebec is a gem of a...
A flower of snow On your shoulder seems to say: Welcome to Nagano! Keiko Yoshida – Nagano City My middle daughter, Avi, is a student at Temple University’s Tokyo campus....
When my unit returned from its Operation Iraqi Freedom mobilization, I had a conversation with my friend, Jimmy. I came home early due to a custodial matter, but we stayed in touch for the...
Knowing Where to Go When I was stationed in Alaska, my ex-wife and I adopted a dog from the Anchorage shelter. We named him D’Artagnan. He was a Husky mix, former sled dog. He...
Backpacking is a really exciting experience for a lot of kids. For children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it can be fraught with anxiety, as it involves multiple changes in...
Starting this month, you will now be required to buy a permit at Recreation.gov in order to complete the Shenandoah National Park portion of the Appalachian Trail. The previous system,...
User-created thru-hiking videos are a great way to get through winter, even as early-bird Appalachian Trail folks gear up to head out as early as February. We’ve rounded up some of...
We were looking for a spring destination, and we found an excellent trip along Maine’s dramatic Bold Coast. Situated between Milbridge and Calais in Maine is a not-so-hidden gem of...
One of my biggest gripes about backpacking is the overstated focus on gear. When I completed my first thru-hike, I did it with “crap gear,” some of it replaced during the trip...