In lieu of hiking, I did a whirlwind tour of Hiker Town USA, which some may recognize as the hamlet of Damascus, Va., which becomes Thu-Hiker Central every spring during Trail Days (2010 version is May 14-16). Two national scenic…

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Can’t imagine I’ll get any hiking done this weekend, as we’re moving to our new place. Next weekend, though, I should be all settled in and ready get out there again. If you need some hiking bloggage, check out Gambolin’…

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We’ve had two blizzards this year, the most recent arriving last weekend. Each produced a blanket of snow no more than 6 inches deep, which sounds like a pittance to those in colder latitudes but is plenty enough to paralyze…

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The blizzard that buried the Northeast this weekend left a mere 4 or 5 inches of wet, sticky snow in our neck of the woods. Sunday was bright, sunny and seasonable, with only one hitch: the blizzard socked in all…

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I’ve just returned from a four-day trip to visit family back in Illinois, where I hadn’t put in a holiday showing in 10 years. Two 13-hour drives in four days is some fun, I’m here to tell you. At least…

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No hikes to report this week, but we did get some miles in driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway — which has tons of nearby trails, so I did accomplish a bit of scouting for future treks. We’ve got a…

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As I promised a few weeks back, I’ve created a few pages that sum up the Bay Area hiking experience as I saw it from 2004 to 2009. It starts here. Won’t be anything new to the regulars; it’s mostly…

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I’m posting because, ahem, I wrote most of them (and Stuart of Trailspotting wrote the rest, on his favorite Hawaii hikes). It was an ambitious project: Joost Schreve, EveryTrail’s CEO, hired me to write 25 guides to Bay Area hikes…

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