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Ironmaster's Mansion Hostel, Pine Grove Furnace State Park, May 2014
During my recent weekend in the Michaux State Forest I stayed at the Ironmaster's Mansion Hostel. Located on Route 233 and the Appalachian Trail in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, the hostel is indeed a...
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The Reader's Challenge Contest
Are the readers going to make me get my shoes wet again?OK, readers, time to make me your puppet. This blog is many things, but its in a diary format and driven by doing what I want to do and where I...
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Scenic Vista Trail, King's Gap, May 2014
This is the story of my four mile hike on a two and a half mile trail.I didn't intend to do the longer distance. When I spent my last afternoon on my recent trip to the Michaux State Forest I headed...
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Backpacking Project - The Pack
ATasteForTheWoods@ATaste4TheWoods@OspreyPacks thank you for making a pack that fits a 48 inch waist. @REI thank you for helping me find it last night pic.twitter.com/S5grd9fTOk Reply Delete Favorite...
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Tyler Kulp, 1986 - 2014
Last weekend we said goodbye to Tyler Kulp, father, husband, musician, and brother of my friend Sayre. The 27 year old was killed in an automobile accident on May 3. There will be others who will write...
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Backpacking Project - Pack List
Time for my preliminary list of gear I will be wearing and carrying on my three day trip on the Loyalsock Link Loop Trail. We are doing this over three days, two nights, for a distance of 18 miles,...
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Whispering Pines Trail and Pine Plantation Trail, King's Gap, May 2014
At the entrance to King's Gap Environmental Education Center is the Pines Day Use Area. Its the sole flat area in the park, and it holds two short trails, the paved Whispering Pines and the longer...
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Backpacking Project - Getting Used To The Pack in Corporate America
I have quirky ideas. One was prompted yesterday by the knowledge I have three weeks to get used to the backpack, and to carrying items in it. So I couldn't think of a better way to continue my...
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Mont Alto State Park, May 2014
I wrote a year ago, in one of my first posts, this description: "Mont Alto State Park, opened in 1902, is the oldest park in the PA DCNR system, and its one of the smallest. I have an unexplained...
View ArticleWhy Bother?
This post is prompted by a discussion on BikeForums.net a couple of years ago. In a thread titled "Motivation or Tactics", a poster called Tractorlegs wrote that the back and forth between my friend...
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Mount Holly Marsh Preserve, Mount Holly Springs, PA, May 2014
Like Mount Alto two days before, my trip to Mount Holly Marsh Preserve was a thwarted hike. But I'll describe the preserve for you, and why I turned around.Mount Holly Springs is the closest town to...
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Backpacking Project - Boots and Insoles
How did you spend President's Day?Readers will remember three months ago I had a little fall at the Kimmel Overlook on the Appalachian Trail. The Emergency Room at my local hospital diagnosed a "soft...
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Overlooks on Ridge Road, Michaux State Forest, May 2014
I'm a sucker for a vista. When I learned there were overlooks on Ridge Road, I headed there. What I found was both exciting and frustrating.I left the Ironmaster's Mansion Hostel on Sunday morning and...
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Backpacking Project - So long to Asolo
As I mentioned in the last Backpacking Project post, I needed new insoles to keep my developing PF symptoms at bay. And in the post several months ago discussing "Footwear for Hiking", I wrote about my...
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Medal of Honor Grove, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Memorial Day 2014
I spent part of Memorial Day at Valley Forge National Historical Park, a hike I'll discuss elsewhere. But I also spent an hour and a mile hiking at a place I'd driven by for years without ever...
View ArticleBackpacking Project - Eating
As I mentioned in the Packing List post, for food on my upcoming backpacking trip on the Loyalsock Link Loop trail I was going to go with basic items that cook quickly in little water. This includes...
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Our Anniversary
"thinks he has found a name for his outdoor writing blog. "A Taste for the Woods" pretty much describes me. The phrase comes from a letter by historian outdoorsman and writer Francis Parkman. In the...
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Backpacking Project - New Boots
If you've been following the Backpacking Project posts, you recall I discovered last week that the boots I'd purchased in 2010 for hiking no longer fit. Well, the backpacking community came through for...
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Backpacking Project - Hiking With A Full Pack
I had the pack. I had the poles. I now had boots. It was time to try a full pack.Or at least a fuller pack. My pack weight came to 13 pounds approximately, which means about nine pounds of stuff and...
View ArticleBook Review: A Million Miles In A Thousand Years
(I first published this review on my Facebook page three years ago. I've expanded and clarified a point or two, but it remains very much as I wrote it in December 2010.While a Christian-themed book by...
View Article300 - Weigh in June 2, 2014
300.No, its not the number of posts I write a week. No, its not the number of readers I have. (I wish!) Its the number of pounds I weigh, and its the lowest I've weighed since 2011.I've not been as...
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Backpacking Project - Friends
"Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." - It's A Wonderful LifeSo far in the Backpacking Project posts, I've discussed the pack, the problem I had with getting a pack, boots, my...
View ArticleInto the woods we go....
Time for my annual vacation. Like previous years, I'm spending it in the outdoors. Unlike previous years, I'm leaving the bicycle behind. Since I have two backpacking trips, I have the difficulty of...
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Backpacking Project: Update
I left the woods for a day to recover, and that gives me the opportunity to update you on the Backpacking Project. I'll give a detailed report when I return from vacation in two weeks, but I completed...
View ArticleNew site www.atasteforthewoods.com
The new website is live. Please visit www.atasteforthewoods.com
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