Autumn's colors are already near peak here in the Whites. It's stunning, even on a rainy weekend. Since there was no hiking there wa...

...to capture the more photogenic half of T & A.

An interesting note about our friends Ken and Ann Stampfer, who we hiked with yesterday: Ken is a well-respected ophthalmologist in the big ...

Pity the poor list chasers who climb a peak simply because it is over 4,000 feet high. Those who constrict their journeys in this way never ...

What’s this, a new slide show? It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry, things like injuries (to me and my camera), trying to write for a living...

For the past few days we’ ve been dog/cat/house sitting in North Conway. From the street, the house, which is just a quarter of a mile off ...

Original plans called for a hike up to South Moat, and maybe Middle Moat, too. However, with a thick haze in the air, the weather was not th...

Here in the land of dial-up Internet I can't post as many photos as I would like. That's unfortunate because today I took several ph...

I keep raving about this area we're holed up in for the autumn. Here's but one more example. On the way home from our hike on the Wh...

My leg has finally healed and Atticus and I took a walk along the White Ledge Trail Loop late this afternoon. It’s only 4.4 miles but it has...

For those of you who followed our winter adventure, you know the measures I went to to keep my little hiking partner safe. And by keeping At...

Good morning, There was nearly frost on the pumpkin here in the country this morning. I knew it was cold when I woke up in the middle of the...

One of us is losing weight. Unfortunately, it’s not the one who needs it most. Atticus is on a high protein/low carb diet. He’s now eat...

Today's Boston Sunday Globe Magazine has a good article on the White Mountains: "A Beautiful Place to Die". It's well wor...

“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When ...

We're just back from a rainy week in Tamworth. We did get one hike in, a tough little scramble up to Mt. Wonalancet in the Sandwich Rang...

Well…this is a new experience for the two of us. We’re house sitting in Tamworth, a small town on the eastern side of the White Mountains j...

Three summers ago Atticus and I threw ourselves into climbing each of the 48 4,000-footers in the White Mountains and finished the list in 1...

I love August. It’s my favorite month of the year, until September gets here. Then September is my favorite month of the year, until October...

My friend Ann is fond of saying her most memorable hikes are often the ones when the wheels fall off the cart. Last week Atticus and I enter...