Category Archives: What’s New?

The trail description for the Ice Age Trail is now up on THE TRAILS page.

The ICE AGE TRAIL book list is up. Have a great year!!

The eArThworm found this damp day a good time to crawl up to the computer and get busy at the keyboard. Here’s what she’s done today: Hiking with Children: added this new category under OUTDOOR SKILLS. The Long Trail: added … Continue reading →

This website just won an award in the 2007 American Trails Website Contest. This is from their website at http://www.americantrails.org/webcon07.html: “…American Trails launched the first-ever contest to seek out the best websites in the cyberworld of trails and greenways. We … Continue reading →

I’ve begun the process of making each title, where possible, link to a site where it can be purchased. Some of the older (or more ephemeral) books and videos are not available at Amazon.com or other online book stores, but … Continue reading →

Welcome hikers! I owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to Sandy Friend, Communications Director of the Florida Trail Association & website-guru extraordinaire, for her creation of this blog’s header from my rough ‘drawing-on-a-napkin’ and for hosting this new site. Also … Continue reading →

I’m proud to announce the new incarnation of “Backcountry Bibliography,” which Linda “eArThworm” Patton has been maintaining on Mara Factor’s “Travels and Trails” website at http://friends.backcountry.net/m_factor for many years. Welcome to her new site, Books for Hikers! This site will … Continue reading →