A Lifetime of Joy, Exercise & Nature Loving that only barely got started in Boy Scouts and continued throughout my life! The Photo Galleries listed below tell it all! With some photos of the vast majority of my hikes and camping trips which I consider pretty impressive! 🙂
The Feature Photo at top is me at the Glacier View Turnout in Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming in June 2006, which along with Yellowstone is a favorite hiking and camping location!
At right —> . . . . . . . . . . I’m cooking for fellow campers from Miami in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1966 before we hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail in the national park.
Today I’m an 80-something years old hiking the trails of Costa Rica while enjoying lodges that prepare my meals! 🙂
Photo Galleries of Hiking & Camping Trips
- My Costa Rica Trips in chronological order. All with hiking! 🙂
- 2017 April 22 – Day Hike on Camino de Costa Rica
- 2014 Day Hike to Natural Bridge in Pickett State Park, TN
- 2014 Day Hike through Historic Rugby, TN
- 2013 – Hiking The Hermitage Farm of Andrew Jackson, Nashville, TN
- 2013 Hiking & Biking Washington, DC
- 2013 Hiking Port Royal & The Trail of Tears near Clarksville, TN
- 2013 – Hiking the Trails of Cedars of Lebanon State Park, TN
- 2012-2014 — Hiking “The Woodlands” & Grounds of McKendree Village, Hermitage, TN
- 2012 Day Hike to Cummins Falls, Cookeville, TN
- 2012 Day Hike to Natural Bridge, Sewanee, TN
- 2012 Day Hike on Fiery Gizzard Trail, South Cumberland SP
- 2012 Hiking the Grand Canyons of the Southwest U.S.
- 2011 Hiking the Ancient Cities of Mexico
- 2010 & 2011 — Roan Mountain State Park, TN – Hiking including part of Appalachian Trail
- 2010 Trails & Trilliums Wildflower Hikes, Monteagle, TN
- 2009 Hiking Barrokunda, The Gambia, West Africa
- 2009 Hiking Lakefront Chicago, IL
- 2009 July — New Brunswick, Canada – Youth Camping
- 2009 June Gambia Mission Trip, with FBC Nashville – Camping at Bird Safari Camp
- 2008 – Murfree Spring Wetlands, Murfreesboro, TN, Day Hike
- 2007 August — COLORADO with KN, NM, OK stops – Camping with The Hunter’s
- 2007 Day Hike to Old Stone Fort & Waterfall, Manchester, TN
- 2007 Day Hike at Rutledge Falls, Tullahoma, TN
- 2007 Rattlesnake Falls Natural Area, TN – Day hike with 2 others
- 2007 Stillhouse Falls Natural Area, TN – Day hike with 2 others
- 2006 December – Guatemala – Hiking & semi-camping in rustic lodges
- 2006 August 24-31 — Amazon Rainforest Trekking, Brazil
- 2006 August 17-23 – Amazon River Mission Trip, Brazil – Hiking villages, sleeping on boat
- 2006 May & June — Yellowstone & Tetons – Hiking daily & “camping” in log cabin
- 2006 Day Hike to Short Spring Natural Area, near Tullahoma, TN
- 2006 & 2012 — Day Hikes to Greeter Falls, part of South Cumberland State Park, TN
- 2005 & 2006 — Day Hikes & Camping Trip to Savage Falls, in South Cumberland State Park, TN
- 2005 November — Kenya Safari – In Tents
- 2005 November — Tanzania Mission Trip – Day-long hikes through villages
- 2005 September — Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Team – slept on floor of church & walked-worked through community
- 2005 August — Breckenridge, Colorado – Hiking 6 Mountain Trails!
- 2004 to 2012 — Foster Falls Day Hikes & beginning of my backpacking trip on the Fiery Gizzard Trail – Part of South Cumberland State Park, TN
- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 — Reelfoot Lake State Park, TN – Hike & Boat
- 2004 November — Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill, KY – Daily hikes
- 2004 Day Hike to Bridal Veil Waterfall, Sewanee, TN
- 2004 & 2006 — Walls of Jericho State Natural Area, on TN-AL border, full day hikes
- 2004 May — Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida – Camping
- 2004 – Hiking & Trail-building, The Cumberland Trail, TN
- 2004 — Owl’s Hill Nature Center Day Hike, Williamson County, TN
- 2003-2014 — Hiking & Biking Nashville Greenways, Nashville, TN
- 2003-2014 — Hiking with Nashville Photography Club, Nashville, TN
- 2003, 2004, 2013 — Hiking & Camping, Montgomery Bell State Park, TN
- 2003-2012 — Hiking Downtown Nashville, TN, while living downtown
- 2003-2012 — Hiking/Walking Bicentennial Mall State Park, Nashville almost daily
- 2003-2011 — Hiking the trails every year, Radnor Lake State Park, Nashville, TN
- 2003 June — Hannibal, Missouri – Hiking the town
- 2001 London, England – Hiking London! Really! 🙂
- 2000-2002 – Bird Safari Camp, The Gambia, my “escape” camping
- 2000-2002 – Bijio Forest, The Gambia – Regular hiking place
- 2000-2002 – Beaches of The Gambia – Regular hiking places
- 1999–2004 — Many day hikes all over Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area overlapping TN & KY
- 1999 Oct Kenya Mission Trip – Hiking many villages
- 1998 Kenya Safari – Tent Camping
- 1998 Kenya Mission Trip – Hiking daily through many villages
- 1998 Day Hike at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, TN
- 1992, 2006, 2010, & 2012 Hikes in Savage Gulf and to Stone Door, 2 day hikes and 2 overnight backpacking solo.
- 1992, 2004 & 2006 – Hiking Burgess Falls State Park, TN
- 1992 Mt. Le Conte Hike on AT Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
- 1992- Up “Old Baldy” Hike, Glorieta, New Mexico – Solo Hike + another time with no photos
- 1992 Michigan Upper Peninsula Hike – Snow Hiking
- 1992, 93, 96, 98, 04, 05, 07, 08, 2010, 2012 –Fiery Gizzard Trail in South Cumberland State Park, TN – My favorite hiking trail in TN! 🙂 Backpacking & Day Hiking
- 1992 Backpacking into Charit Creek Lodge, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, TN-KY state line near Historic Rugby, TN
- 1992 & 2004 — Virgin Falls Natural Area, TN, 2 full-day hikes & 1 overnight backpacking
- 1992, 2010, 2013 — Hiking around the lake at Long Hunter State Park, TN
- 1991 Rocky Mountains Nat’l Park, Estes, Colorado – Snow Hiking
- 1991 Camping & Hiking in South Cumberland State Park, TN – multiple trips’ scrapbook pages
- 1990 November – St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands – Hiking & Camping
- Note that I was married from 1969 to 1990 with little hiking or camping possible during that time.
- 1977-2014 – Hiking Nashville City Parks
- 1977 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Family Hiking
- 1974, 1980, 1982, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2008 – Hiking & Camping at Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN – The most popular state park in TN
- 1968 Los Angeles, CA Camping Out! Yeah! Really! 🙂
- 1968 Grand Canyon National Park Camping & Hiking to the Bottom
- 1968 Camping at Glorieta, New Mexico
- 1966 thro 2003 or later, many day hikes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
- 1966 Camping at Ridgecrest, NC & Hiking on Appalachian Trail
- 1965-67 Everglades National Park Camping
- 1963 Camping to and from Washington D.C.
- 1962 Camping in Woodbadge Training, AR
- 1962 Shiloh Military Trail Hike & Camping, TN
- 1962 Hiking the De Soto Trail, AR
- 1962 Summer at BSA Camp Quapaw, AR Hiking & Camping Out Weekly!
- 1962 National Camping School, Camp Yocona, MS
- 1960 Hiking Washington D.C.
- 1960 Hiking Boston, Mass.
- 1954 Camping with Dad, Ouachita Mountains, AR
My Other Pages & Posts Related to Hiking & Camping
While the above links are all photos, below links include words, stories, journal entries, & other information about my passion of being outdoors and experiences there.
- Walking Paths of My Life Blog Series, November 2021 (6 posts)
- Retired in Costa Rica, Experiencing Nature for Life, a 2021 small, 7×7 inch, 20-page photo book about what I do here in retirement. CLICK TITLE for a FREE PREVIEW of all pages.
- Have You Ever Watched a Campfire? – Song – 2021 BLOG POST
- The Happy Wanderer – Song – 2020 BLOG POST
- Ticos are Active! – 2019 BLOG POST
- Tour company offers trip on El Camino de Costa Rica! – 2018 BLOG POST
- My El Camino de Costa Rica HIKE – 2017 Earth Day BLOG POST
- Introducing El Camino de Costa Rica – Coast to Coast Hiking Trail – 2017 BLOG POST
- My 2014 published BOOK: A Walk in the Woods Through All 54 Tennessee State Parks with free preview online in BOOKSTORE
- 2014 – Metaphors of Modification – POETRY & STORY Page by me on deciding about the Costa Rica move
- 2014 – Scoping Above My Insanity – A STORY Page from a Panama trip
- 2011 – Rainforest Immersion – STORY Page about a tour of Costa Rica
- 2009 – Gambia Return in June – HIS SPIRIT & TRAVEL Pages
- 2009 – Gambia Return in November – HIS SPIRIT & TRAVEL Pages
- 2006 Mission Trip on the Amazon River – HIS SPIRIT & TRAVEL Pages
- 2006 Amazon Jungle Trekking – TRAVEL Page
- 2006 Guatemala Adventure – TRAVEL Page
- 2005 Mission Trip to Tanzania – HIS SPIRIT & TRAVEL Pages
- 2002 — My Son Visits Me in West Africa – TRAVEL Page
- 2001 – Jungle Funeral of A Friend – HIS SPIRIT & STORY Pages, River Gambia West Africa
- 2001 – Miracle Leaf Story – HIS SPIRIT & STORY Pages hiking Jola villages of West Africa
- 1999-2002 – Weekends as Tarzan – A STORY Page & TRAVEL Page, Camping in Gambia West Africa
- 1990 – Escape from Divorce Woes in Virgin Islands – JOURNAL & SCRAPBOOK Pages
- 1966 – My Bear Story– A STORY Page
- 1956 Tenth Grader’s Rocky Mountain High – A STORY Page
- 1953 Gunshot in the Forest – A STORY Page
- Boy Scouts – Sub-page of my ABOUT Page (where hiking & camping began for me)
El Camino de Costa Rica
Video below introduces our Coast to Coast Hiking Trail: El Camino de Costa Rica (website link) with bird photos by Charlie Doggett! 🙂 More photos and videos are on the website. And NOW a book: El Camino de Costa Rica Hiking Guide available on Amazon.com, Kindle or paperback!
¡Pura Vida!
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