Today’s hike was one I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I wasn’t sure how much snow we’d encounter so I didn’t know how far we’d get, but things worked out pretty well. I usually hike the Fanton trail
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Trips in 2025
4/15/2025 – Dickey Creek Trail – 553
Today’s hike was one of my first post retirement hikes. Originally I was thinking about hiking old BOTW, but since it was mid week and I figured no one else would be there, I decided to hike Dickey Creek. I
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Today’s hike was to celebrate my first full day of being retired. Since I can go out mid week now, I thought the Riverside trail would be a great trail to hike. I had wanted to hike it since it
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Today’s hike was a “return to the woods” hike. I had eye surgery a couple of weeks ago and was required to take it easy for 2-3 weeks. I haven’t hiked Alder Swamp since last year and I’ve been curious
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Today’s hike was kind of “get out and enjoy the nice weather” hike. We’ve had REALLY nice weather for January, although it has been cold. It is supposed to continue for part of next week and then it sounds like
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Today’s hike was a bit shorter than usual (although we still did 5 miles – and the first couple were REALLY, REALLY hard!) – we decided to hike on Sunday afternoon – Kirk had a memorial to attend and I
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