******************************* This trail has now been closed due to safety reasons.  I'll leave this post up for now as there has been some talk of making the trails safer so that it can be...

Hiking the Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve, isn't something I'd ever put on my bucket list, but it was a great way to get in a quick hike while vacationing near Cape May County, New Jersey. The...

  If you've read my post on snowshoeing in Philadelphia, you know that the first pair of snow shoes I ever purchased was the Atlas 930 snowshoe. This means that my Atlas 930 snowshoe review...

Snowshoeing in Philadelphia, who would have thought? I had been thinking about snowshoeing for about a year and really got into the idea of doing it.  Reading websites like Snowshoe Magazine and...

Lester Harper's take on how to prepare for a hike.  Advice from a seasoned military veteran. It’s Spring and 65 degrees outside where you live. You are planning on making a day of hiking...

Hiking tips can be useful for beginners as well as the pros. Living in the Appalachian Mountains provided some of the best hiking experiences a person could ask for. The mountainous terrain of...