Fifteen years ago, Richard Hatten was sleeping in his hammock at Elkmont Campground in the Smokies when something bit his arm and pulled him to the ground. A neighboring camper, …
Judging the Culinary Competitors at the One Pot Cookoff
When photographer Randy Russell and I canoed the length of the Cumberland in 2003, we had cooking wars each evening after paddling our 20-odd miles. I favored the macaroni and …
Our Man in the Water Competes in the Powell River Canoe and Kayak Regatta
I may have had a bad attitude about my first canoe and kayak regatta because the idea of racing in a kayak is counter to the reason I paddle in the …
‘Six Legs and a Buzz’ Celebrates the Words (and Life) of Rikki Hall
“You write all the time. You need to write a book,” Kim Pilarski-Hall once said to her husband, Rikki Hall. Hall, who died of cancer in the spring of 2014, …
The Big Freeze: Winter Camping at Rock Creek Campground
Why anyone would consider camping in the middle of January is beyond me, but it was something I’d never done, so one Friday afternoon I began to consider it. I …