Gore-Tex, the venerable waterproof fabric maker, is holding a “Where in the World” guess the location type contest from now until December 17. Basically, Gore-Tex has a picture located here, and will reveal a little more of the picture everyday until someone guesses where it is. You do have to register on the site to participate, but it looks like [...]

I love craft beer. And I love hiking (so do my friends). Yet, for some reason, I’ve never taken beer on a backpacking trip. Sure, I’ll pop open a bottle after a long day of hiking, fishing, or skiing, but I never thought to actually bring the brews with me. Of course, it makes perfect sense to stash a can [...]

These days, smartphones and travel go hand in hand, just as cameras and travel have for years. Now that smartphones have some pretty decent cameras built in, travelers are ditching their SLRs and Point & Shoots to just carry the phone. While I don’t think that’s a great idea — smartphones still can’t, and probably never will — match the [...]

Wishing all my American friends a Happy Thanksgiving. Take a moment today to remember all the wonderful things you have in your life and appreciate them. Then have some turkey, take a nap, then head outside for a hike! Enjoy your day! We’ll be back tomorrow with more PTV fun.

Back in August of this year, Hokie & his lady Kelsey picked up and moved from Maine to California. You know I love road trips, so I made sure he let me repost his trip. Here it is, in tasty blog morsels. Enjoy! What follows is a quick daily journal of the happenings during a five day road trip across [...]

I love New York. I really do. San Francisco’s cool, London’s hip (too hip for this blue collar boy), Tokyo’s cutting edge. But New York is raw and emotional, and I love that city so much. Yes, I moved away to Maine last year to get away from the hubub of city life, and I haven’t been back to NYC [...]

I’m not huge into ultralight anything. My current backpacking stove, the MSR Whisperlite International, is a beast, but it gets the job done. As I’m thinking about taking day long and multi-day long fly fishing trips, weight starts to become an issue. When the main point of my trip is to simply hike a trail, I’m not so concerned about [...]

There are millions of places on this planet where you have never been. Think about that for a second. Of all the places you have been in your life, there exist places you have never and will never experience. Don’t think too hard on that, because if you love to travel like I do, it will probably depress the hell [...]

I know, I owe you a bunch of posts. In fact, I have about 24 drafts just waiting for my inspiration. It’s been pretty busy lately, and I promise you, I’m not slacking. I’ve barely been able to get outside! Alas, dear readers, job and girlfriend come before blog. I’ll be back to posting regularly soon enough, and I’ve got [...]

This past weekend, I saw 65 and sunny, sub-30 and frosty, rainy, windy, and foggy. In Maine in the fall, schizophrenic weather is par for the course. Layering is essential in order to cope with the ever changing meteorological moods of our state, but it’s also a delicate process. In order to avoid the dreaded Ralphie Syndrome (and any possibly [...]