BackWoods Drifter

With a couple nights of rain and colder temps, the fall colors are at peak in a few places. Mainly those places are the tops of the higher mountains and in the valleys of nearly all of them. Temperature plays a huge roll in changing the leaves and on top of say Ivy Knob nearly [...]

If you were waiting for the perfect time to get out and do some hiking, your wait is over. I put the ATV away this weekend and hit the trails on foot. Plenty of sunshine, temps a little cool. and the foliage in the beginning stages of color change – perfect. I actually went for [...]

This is a continuation of the last post. The second day started almost as nice as the first day ended. I slept longer than I had intended. It was about 7:30am when the sun finally woke me up. I had wanted to get up earlier and catch the sunrise but I was pretty wore out [...]

I traded my hiking boots for four mud tires this weekend and headed to the mountains. Sometimes, with me anyway, it is better not to plan a camping trip but instead just keep everything ready and when the opportunity presents itself take advantage of it. I had been keeping a close watch on the weather [...]

“Following the yellow leaf road… …through the 100 acre wood… …to grandmothers house we will go.” — I went hiking today on a trail that is becoming familiar to me. The entire trip is about four miles and ends at the house in the last photo. While on this hike I thought about inspiration and [...]