My friend and I like to explore small rivers and streams. Our first attempt was in 2015, when we traveled about nine miles on the Belle...

Late fall is a slower time of year for me: my backpacking trips are done for the year, and most of the boaters are done for the season,...

I’ve wanted to circumnavigate Harsen’s Island for a while now but just hadn’t gotten around to it; I expected it would be about sixteen...

..I looked for the eagle nest, hoping for another sighting, but couldn’t spot it. We did see plenty of wildlife though, mostly of the..

Last October I paddled the full length of the AuSable River and then some distance north on Lake Huron; during that trip I saw many...

After completing our first section of the North Branch of the Clinton River, it was time for the next stretch. I had a fantasy of making...

For months Ekaterina has been sending me pictures of the North Branch of the Clinton River from bridges she passes. It looked pretty good...

We had a fantastic backpacking trip during the Perseids meteor shower. Negwegon at Night is a two-night trip in the northern lower...

In 2018, I paddled down the coast of California to Baja, starting in Malibu and ending at Santa Rosaliita, about 580 miles. It was a...

Ekaterina and I enjoyed the Flint River the first time we went, so we thought we should explore more of it. The South Branch joins up...

The Solstice, what to do with so much daylight? Karisma and I were in Frankenmuth the previous day, celebrating my sister's engagement....

I recently picked up a tandem sit-on-top to complement my sea kayak collection. It's been quite handy for river trips or inland lakes,...

At a long hike Karisma and I did, one of us joked that we should try to complete a 36 mile long trail in one day... so now we have that...

For our first hike together in a few months, Ekaterina and I went to Ortonville. We've been there before but not in years. This time she...

I've never been to the Upper Peninsula in winter, but Karisma had seen photos of ice caves and was interested in seeing them in person....

After a few false starts, I finally made it up to Negwegon State Park. I saw snow in the Alpena forecast for later this week, so...

The hiking itself was fantastic, we did about eight miles on the first and last day, and a ten-mile day hike from the cabin on the second...

We did make it to the top with plenty of daylight, against expectations. A weathered USGS marker told us we were at the peak...

Knowing that we now had an abundance of time and nowhere else to go, we stopped at a cemetery for a break and to evaluate our options...

Shortly after launching, two dogs spotted us from a riverfront yard. The two chased us quite far; one even swam alongside us growling...