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. Â 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. Â 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. Â It was the first time I'd been here in 20 years and it was great to be back. Â 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...]
