First a disclaimer. I started this website and blog in the early months of the COVID pandemic in 2020. I’d been planning it for years but was busy finishing my book. I wanted to write about all my trips, to provide the know-how and inspiration for others. That means that most of my blog reportsContinue reading “Backpacking the South Dakota High Point and a Figure-Eight Loop in Rocky Mountain National Park including Longs Peak”
Category Archives: Backpacking
5 weeks out west: Teddy Roosevelt, Yellowstone, Tetons, Zion, and backpacking the John Muir Trail
In 2012, after Erik convinced me we should quit our jobs and spend the summer adventuring, and after doing just that on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, we shifted directions and headed west. Well, technically we first drove back “home” from Fort Kent, Maine, to Minnesota, where we shared time with both of our families.Continue reading “5 weeks out west: Teddy Roosevelt, Yellowstone, Tetons, Zion, and backpacking the John Muir Trail”
Backpacking the Adirondacks + Day Hiking Mount Mansfield
Soon after moving to upstate New York, my husband and I learned about the 46ers – the 46 peaks above 4,000 feet in the Adirondacks. Technically, it’s the 46 peaks initially deemed to be above 4,000 feet. Subsequently three have been to be found just under 4,000 feet (but these still count) and one additionalContinue reading “Backpacking the Adirondacks + Day Hiking Mount Mansfield”
The Second and Third: Mount Washington and Katahdin
Mount Washington A couple years after summiting New York’s Mount Marcy, we continued on our quest to climb the highest state peaks in the northeast United States. First, we went to the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains where we planned a two-night backpacking loop including some of the Presidential Traverse based out ofContinue reading “The Second and Third: Mount Washington and Katahdin”
Elspeth Ronnander 