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Monday, January 06, 2025
Sunday, January 05, 2025
It’s a new year, and this is exactly when I start getting excited about hikers getting ready to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. While the condition of the trail in North Carolina and Tennessee remains uncertain for this hiking season, it does appear that folks will be able to attempt a thru…
Thursday, January 02, 2025
Fresh from the “Fur, Feathers & Fins†files and the second half of 2024 …
Thursday, December 26, 2024
In our look back at the year 2024, one of the truest promises of spring sprang as early as February.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
I love hiking at this time of the year. Actually, I love hiking at any time of the year. But winter, especially, holds wonders that cannot be enjoyed in the warmer weather of spring or summer. There is something about the crisp air, and the crunch of leaves, frozen ground, or snow that makes…
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Wet weather this week, especially on Wednesday, and it being the second week of the firearms season for deer, had a few hardy hunters in Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 5A blinded by the rain.
Monday, December 09, 2024
Sunday, December 08, 2024
I love to talk about hiking and backpacking which, for any regular readers of this column, comes as no surprise. When I am asked to give a talk about hiking, backpacking, the Appalachian Trail, or being out in nature, I almost always say “yesâ€, but that answer always comes with a warning of …
Thursday, December 05, 2024
Checking social media this week makes it clear that slammer bucks were taken in Pennsylvania since last Saturday.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Two weeks ago, our travels took my wife and I to the Pocono Mountains. At a local charity auction, we had bid on a week in the area at a timeshare near the town of Mt. Pocono. Completely coincidentally, but most needed, our week spent in nature came the week after the election. We spent time…
Friday, November 22, 2024
Sure, the weather outside may have been frightful, but it was G-rated compared to the horror show that was the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
When I hunt and fish, seemingly inconsequential small details tend to drip slowly back into my head in the hours and days after really big moments.
Thursday, November 07, 2024
The photograph with today’s post popped up this week as a memory from nine years ago.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
When I first set eyes on the massive track, the infield packed with race car haulers, the sea of RVs and campfires beyond the back stretch, and the collection of race fans braving the cool fall temperatures to take in the race, one thought immediately came to mind:
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Smokey Bear would have been 80 years old on August 9, and the Forest Service is celebrating all year.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Sunday, October 13, 2024
The last three weeks have been rather remarkable on the Appalachian Trail.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Proof once again that crimes against wildlife can, sadly, be a family affair.
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Earlier this year, when the High Limit Racing sprint car series essentially replaced the All-Star Circuit of Champions as the alternative to the World of Outlaws, opinions were mixed. Some praised the move, viewing this new series as a more forward-thinking, friendlier option for drivers ver…
Thursday, October 03, 2024
A much broader schedule of Sunday hunting days is a key step closer, after the state House Game and Fisheries Committee passed Senate Bill 67 on Tuesday.
Sunday, September 29, 2024
On numerous occasions I have given talks about hiking. I have spoken to church groups and Scout troops, retirement communities and middle school students. I have presented at libraries, fire halls, and colleges. Most often, I speak about my experiences on the Appalachian Trail. Other topics …
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Archery season for deer comes in next Saturday.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The local racing community lost a legend recently with the passing of Lynn Paxton on September 13. A Dillsburg native formerly from York Springs, Paxton was 80 years old.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Picking up bags of ice every other day, living out of multiple ice chests, drinking room-temperature water the first day.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Amid continuing concerns about the availability of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, a study released this week shows that osprey chicks are starving in nests in parts of the Bay where they typically depend on menhaden for food.
Thursday, September 05, 2024
My wife thought this column was a bad idea.
Monday, September 02, 2024
A few weeks ago, I shared in this space my heart surgery ordeal over this past summer that has been a challenge like no other I have ever had. It has made me think about things I have done in my life, and perhaps things that I will no longer be able to do. That list is ongoing. But it has ma…
Thursday, August 29, 2024
It isn’t just the coming of a new NFL season that has me thinking about Woodson, a slappy-tongued Great Dane-Black Lab mix that blessed my soul for nine years in what seems like a lifetime ago.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Sunday, August 18, 2024
When I am out backpacking, I have set routines that get me through the day and evening. I set up my campsite the same way every time. I clean myself up after a long day of hiking before I eat dinner. I prepare my food a certain way. And in the morning, I pack my pack the exact same way every time.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
This past weekend saw sprint car racing’s grandaddy of them all, the Knoxville Nationals, take place. Considered one of, if not the, most prestigious dirt track race in the United States each year, the event stands out for many reasons. Among them is a unique format used to determine which o…
Thursday, August 08, 2024
The San Francisco 49ers have themselves a conundrum.
As we cannot go forward without leaving footprints, it can be fun, sometimes scary, and enlightening to look back.
Monday, August 05, 2024
The Baltimore Orioles were active in the five days leading up to the Major League Baseball trade deadline last Tuesday, making five deals and adding six new players to their 26-man roster, including two new starting pitchers.
Sunday, August 04, 2024
When you are on a trail that you have never been on before, you don’t always know where that trail will lead you. There are not always white blazes to follow, and many times there is no guide book. But most trails definitely do go somewhere, whether it is your intended destination or not.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
All of us race fans have done it in some form or another. Whether it’s throwing a dollar or two into a pool or making a friendly wager on which car will win, betting on the outcome of a race can add a little bit of fun when watching from the stands or at home.
Monday, July 29, 2024
Neither LeBron James or Kevin Durant owed it to anyone to suit up for USA Basketball again.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Thinking about streams that are running low these days for lack of rain, and the fact that no stream waters flow run into Adams County, there is still an important bug’s world under there with an important message.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
When I was a kid, my favorite race car driver was Jimmy Skinner. He was a regular at Trail-way Speedway during the early 1980s when the late models were the main class. I went there every Friday night.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
As thru-hikers hike north on the Appalachian Trail, they greatly look forward to reaching the halfway point of their journey. As the trail has developed since its completion in 1937, those hikers have ample opportunity to experience their feeling of accomplishment of having completed half of…
Thursday, July 18, 2024
The Sunday hunting calendar is a step closer to opening up, with state Senate passage of Senate Bill 67.
Friday, July 12, 2024
Arizona Diamondbacks’ manager Torey Lovullo got it right.
I am barely over my first real-deal sunburn of the summer and the upcoming fall sports season is already creeping into my mind.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
It has been 30 summers since Grandpa died and he has been in my mind lately.
Sunday, July 07, 2024
I have hiked many miles on many trails, and I have been doing that for many years. It has been one of the great joys of my life, and I intend to keep doing it until my body tells me to shut it down. As I get older, my body is getting louder with that advice, and thus far, I have largely been…
