Are You Physically Ready for the North Georgia Loop? The North Georgia Loop is close enough to metro Atlanta to feel approachable, but the physical demands are very real. This is not a casual camping weekend or a scenic walk with a backpack. It is a multi-day mountain hike with r

Three July 4th Camping Trips Worth Planning a Whole Year For If you're reading this and you haven't booked a July 4th campsite yet, stop scrolling and do that first. The best spots are gone by Memorial Day. I've had three Fourth of July camping trips that I will tell my grandkids

The Greatest Camping Trip in American History By the time the Corps of Discovery walked back into St. Louis in September 1806, they had been camping for two years, four months, and ten days. They had buried one man, fired a shot in anger only once, and brought back 178 new plants

This started with a simple question: what would I want to carry on a serious 3–5 day hike? Not a casual overnight. Not a quick walk-in campsite. I mean something like the North Georgia Loop. The kind of trip that takes 4–5 days if you keep moving, or 5–6 if you want time to stop,

The First Adventures I Remember My mom used to pack a lunch in our backpack, and we’d go across the street to the vacant lot to roast marshmallows and cowboy camp under the stars. We’d never make it much past dark, but in our minds, we had been gone for days. This was back in a t