Golden is about to leave for a backpacking trip with his daughter. On this show, he talks about his preparations for this trip and what he is doing to prepare his daughter as well....

Recently, a new hiking friend pointed out that we referenced "Dads involved in scouting" in the intro to our podcast. She wanted us to know that we left out the Women involved in scouting. In an attempt to make up for our blunder, this show includes only emails from women hikers. Eventually we will re-record the intro...

We are a few months away from a week on the Appalachian Trail, so we are beginning to talk about it now. In the upcoming weeks, we'll plan our meals and gather and prep....

Golden has been talking with Dane about Dane's and Connie's mental preparations for their AT through-hike, and he shared some of their conversations. We talked a little about my preparations for an upcoming Cub Scout trip to Huntsville where we'll camp for two nights in a state park and then spend Sunday at the space and rocket center...

This week we were on location at Golden's office going through email again. We've had several more campsite photos come in. Several with hammocks and tarps. Also Katz shared an amazing picture that he took of a mountain's reflection in a lake. They are all shown at the end of this post. An article was shared with us about...