Today is another spectacular Saturday in east Tennessee. Anywhere you are on a day like this is just the place to be. I happen to be at home doing household chores, trying to catch up…

John turning on the GPS. We haven’t taken it out of its case since our 2002 trip to Montana. Following our New Year’s resolution to get out on the trail more, we decided to go…

We had a great Sierra Club annual planning meeting. Lots of discussion on membership and issues, lots of conversation and social time. My chili (on the lunch menu) went over well. About one bowl’s worth…

One of my New Year’s resolutions (I am not telling all of them) is to get out on the trail several times a month. On this rainy, sunny, cloudy, warm, cool day, we asked Lee…