A little while ago Patty went online and found a Charlotte hiking group on MeetUp.com. She joined and signed up for a hike at Lake Norman State Park in Troutman, NC. That hike was yesterday and Maegan, and I went along too. (Darah didn’t go with us.) Maegan and I have gone hiking many times [...]
Aug 152010
Jul 042009
Happy Independence Day. Yesterday was a beautiful clear day with temperatures in the mid 80s. Since the weather was perfect and I don’t work Fridays during the summer, Maegan and I went out to hike Crowder’s Mountain. A few weeks ago I took Maegan and a friend of hers to hike nearby Nanny’s Mountain in [...]
Jun 242007
I took Maegan camping this weekend at McDowell Nature Preserve, which is just a few miles from home. After setting up the tent we set out on a long two hour hike, half of which was on trails we’ve never hiked before. Maegan kept proving to me why she’s a straight-A student, constantly teaching me [...]
Boomer had a near death experience today. I was hiking through some woods with Boomer and we came across a stream. I’d estimate the stream was about 6-10 feet across and maybe a few feet deep with steep banks. I was looking for a narrower spot where we could cross more easily when suddenly I [...]
Jun 242006
While Patty was on a business trip in Charleston, Maegan and I went hiking. We’ve gone hiking several times before, but never this long before. We went to McDowell Park, which we’ve hiked several times before, but this time we took parts of at least three different trails which took us two full hours of [...]
