Not sure how long I’ll do this… but I would like to start hiking again.

On April 23, 2019, I thought I turned off ‘image resize’ for this site, but its not happening. Images are scaled down.

Multiple sites out there linking to my images and placing them on their sites. Why not get your own photos and maps of the park ? Stop stealing mine. Thank you. ( Some of these site have nothing to do with hinking and camping. )

Yes, there is no way to contact me. When I last used a contact page on another web site, I got nothing but spammers.

Sometimes I will vent my exasperations at lack of info. I’ll then have a nice nap, and move on with my life.

I am thinking about posting my camping trips from years ago. The camping story about the pancakes took place in Maryland about 1961-62.

I bought a book, ‘Explorer’s Guides: 50 Hikes in Alabama’, has info on hikes, but I haven’t used it yet as a guide. Some of the maps are small and/or blurry. A good read, has details of trails.

I designed this site by myself, without any help from others.

Note: Cheaha State park in Alabama has changed the camping area known as the Semi-primitive campground on Tower road, to Upper Primitive Campground. And their new reservation system requires Microsoft Edge to work. The pull down menu for days to reserve a site doesn’t work with Firefox.

May, 2021

Bought a new tent. The Ozark Trail 4 Person Outdoor Camping Dome Tent. The mosquito netting on top, takes up to half of the upper part of the tent. The rain fly is barely able to cover this wide open area. Unless they makes changes, my opinion is this is a warm weather/summer tent only. Cost was $37.

Ozark Trail 4 person dome tent 2 pages of photos.

October, 2020

Oct 5

Added 3 pages of photos on Ozark Trails 6 sided Teepee tent my new tent purchase. Cost was $56.00 plus tax. I am used to 4 sided tents and this threw me off a bit but I figured it out.

September, 2020

Sep 4

Added info on 1300 to 1500 calorie MREs from MidwayUSA made by NEX OS. Note that MidwayUSA will send you emails about things you have no interest in. I selected Camping and Hiking. I got, until I found the opt out link, received emails on buying everything but hiking and camping gear.

Sep 2

Added info on low sodium MREs I purchased from US MealKit Supply, they are made by SOPAKCO.

August, 2020

Aug 31

I bought some more MREs… low sodium was all I could find when I ordered them. No side dishes. The desert is one of these: crackers with jelly, a candy, or a toaster pastry.

1) No instructions came with this tent. 2) None of the reviews I looked at on youtube showed how to install the rain fly. 3) The tent bag claims there are instructions. There was a drawing showing the tent poles.

A series of photos of my newest tent, a 4-sided dome tent. page 2.

The dirty boot pocket. Shown from the inside, it has a zipper on the outside of the tent as well.

The window in the door.

The top, where the main poles cross over the middle, and the tie so they don’t slip off to one side.

1) No instructions came with this tent. 2) None of the reviews I looked at on youtube showed how to install the rain fly. 3) The tent bag claims there are instructions. There was a drawing showing the tent poles.

A series of photos of my newest tent, a 4-sided dome tent.

Where the rain fly pole connects. The second clip, for the main tent poles in the front, has a small hole in it.

The one on the right side, front, above the electrical port.

The ‘porch’, a triangular piece of tent. The rest is the ground cloth I purchased separately.

The next 4 photos are of the huger mosquito netting area with the rain fly in place.

A series of photos of my newest tent, a six-sided teepee tent. It has lots of room.

windows open and built-in gear holders

windows closed, and gear holder

windows closed, and gear holders

peak vents

rear wall holder loops