Will braves the cold water of the Chattooga River and takes the plunge from a rope swing. … [Read more...]
Pigpen Branch Falls
March 28, 2016 By Leave a Comment
A look at Pigpen Branch Falls from the Foothills Trail - hiking southbound and headed down toward the Chattooga River (and junction with the Chattooga River Trail). … [Read more...]
Boone Dawg rides a rapid on the Chattooga River with us..
August 17, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Boone rides a rapid on the Chattooga River with us.. … [Read more...]
Benton MacKaye Trail Trip Video – March 8, 2015
March 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
We had nearly perfect Spring weather for this hike last weekend in North Georgia. My dog slept for most of the next 24 hours after our 9.7 mile loop hike on and around the Benton MacKaye Trail in the Cohutta Wilderness. Spring has finally sprung! … [Read more...]
Bly Gap, North Carolina – January 31, 2015
February 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment
This is a video of a January 31, 2015 backpacking trip to Bly Gap, North Carolina which is located just past the Georgia-North Carolina State line on the Appalachian Trail. It was the first time I'd been here in 20 years and it was great to be back. Northbound thru-hikers love this place because it marks the completion of the first of fourteen States on the A.T. … [Read more...]
The Smoking Gun
February 8, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Thorton is an Irish Wolfhound that likes to backpack - so much that he eats them. Literally! At one point we thought a wild creature had eaten a hole through my backpack - but here is the smoking gun. Busted. … [Read more...]
Prevention Magazine interviewed me earlier in the year ….
December 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Prevention Magazine interviewed me earlier in the year for an article titled "7 Tips For Safer Hiking With Your Dog". I believe it appeared in the August 2014 issue, but here's an excerpt from the online version: "When Steve Goodrich's 3-year-old dog, Boone, sees him get out the backpack, the black Lab leaps for joy. "He goes crazy," says Goodrich, 46, a sales consultant and the author of Best Hikes with Dogs—Georgia. "He loves the trail." But then, Boone has never experienced … [Read more...]
