Tag: The Mud Doggo
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Personal (B)Log: Finding Faith in the Dark
The night before I took the Mud Doggo in for surgery I had a dream that I remembered the next morning. I was in a tiny rowboat in the ocean on dark and cloudy night, far enough out to not see land, but close enough to see a lighthouse warning ships away from sharp rocks…
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Personal (B)Log: 2021-04-01
I know I haven’t updated in three months. I don’t want you think that I haven’t been up to anything – I have a lot going on! I spent a lot of the winter in the Canaan Valley practicing skijoring with the Mud Doggo and didn’t think you guys would want to see a series…
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Trip Report: 2020-12 White Grass Ski Touring Center, WV
White Grass Ski Touring Center is a cross-country ski resort about three hours outside of the DC metropolitan area. Nestled right outside of the Dolly Sods Wilderness and the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the resort is uniquely positioned to access hundreds of miles of trails across the Canaan Valley for virtually unlimited exploration during…
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Trip Report: 2020-10 Meneka Peak, VA
Meneka Peak is one of the peaks on Green Mountain, a synclinal ridge that separates Fort Valley and Little Fort Valley, frequently called a “valley within a valley” as the entire area lies within the region between the two arms of the Blue Ridge mountains in this part of the Shenandoah Valley. The peak itself…
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Trip Report: 2020-10 Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV
The Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest is located in eastern West Virginia, just north of Seneca Rocks. It hosts a unique biome, well known for its open expanses of sphagnum bogs, heath shrubs, and stunted red spruce on its windswept open-topped mountain meadows. The high altitude draws foliage seekers in early fall,…
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Trip Report: 2020-06 Assateague Island National Seashore, MD
Assateague Island National Seashore is operated by your National Parks Service. It offers great opportunities for wildlife and nature lovers, fishermen, and families to enjoy a treasured natural resource. Assateague is renowned for its native wild horses, diminutive in stature as an adaptation to the nutrient sparse brush on this barrier island. This location is…