New here, loving the site…

Welcome!

What is your current location?

@bobmny10562 (does that work on this site?) Thank you for the welcome. I’m currently in the Dallas, TX area.

Welcome Moze.  For those of us who’ve been around awhile, it’s great to see new, excited members.

Thank you for the welcome, @alexdrewreed! Lucky you to live in bourbon country, I’m envious. :)

Welcome Moze. Certainly plenty of knowledgable folks on this site, and as Ben said, always nice to see some new faces.

Thank you, @idester!

Welcome!

Where have you hiked/backpacked while traveling? Any favorite spots?

Where do you plan to hike/backpack?

@matthewkphx

Thank you for the welcome.

My longest hike, at about 60 miles, was the Loyalsock Trial in PA. I’ve done a little hiking near Big Sky, Montana, Grayson Highlands in Virginia, Muir Woods in California, some around Sedona (going back there in September/October), small hike outside of Gatlinburg, small hikes throughout NY, some in Idaho. Too many were more ‘walks’ (under 3 miles) than what I would consider true ‘hikes’ though.

My favorite place by far, is the Idaho and Montana areas. I was pretty limited in Montanaa because the group I visited with didn’t really want to go on any hikes or for that matter walks due to the possibility of bear, which, hey – I understand. And I didn’t go by myself for the same reason.

Mt. Thielsen was my most recent and a bit of a bust. That’s another story…

As far as plans: Sedona is coming up and somewhere outside of Denver. Those are the only two currently locked in. We may go to Glacier National Park next year, so that would be pretty great.

I did the LoyalSock too. That was a tough trail. I still had a 30lb base weight when I did it too.

@riceonsuede It was definitely a tough one. Another buddy of mine and I did that one along with his Catahoula. Around three in the morning, I think it was, the Catahoula heard something, went out and came back with a face full of porcupine quills. We got the quills out and started our hike back around 4am.