Posts by Mike Rhodes
Napier Outdoors Sportz Truck Tent Gear Review
I’ve been camping for over 30 years. I am proud to say that I’ve never camped in an RV or motorhome. I like to be in a tent. Not sure why, but that is just my thing. Get to a campground or forest service road, look for a somewhat flat spot, pick out the random…
Read MoreHiking Two Medicine Trails At Glacier National Park
In September 2022 I flew out to Kalispell, Mt., picked up my rental car, and drove toward Two Medicine Campground, hoping I’d be lucky enough to claim a campsite. I arrived just in time to snag the last available site. Whew. Time to relax and get some rest after a 15-hour day of travel. I…
Read MoreReview: Koomer Ridge Campground
I rarely set out on a camping trip between Easter and Labor Day. I am a tent camper and frankly, it’s too darn hot for my liking in the summer. However, I made an exception last week after reading about the Red River Gorge area of Kentucky. I poked around on the internet and Koomer…
Read MoreHiking The Red River Gorge
It’s June 2 when I wake up in my tent at Koomer Ridge Campground in Pine Ridge, Kentucky. This is something new for me. Yes, I camp often, I hit several campgrounds every year, but I can’t remember the last time I set up a tent after Memorial Day. Yet, here I am. As I’m…
Read MoreHiking Grinnell Glacier Trail At Glacier National Park
It was moving day at Glacier National Park and I’d just claimed my first-come, first-served campsite at Many Glacier campground just outside of Babb, Montana. It’s a challenging morning when you are at GNP trying to get a campsite. I’ll get to my hike in a minute, but this is part of the story.…
Read MoreReview: Two Medicine Campground Glacier National Park
It’s a long way from Madison, Georgia to Kalispell, Montana, and it takes a long time to get there. It’s noon on Saturday afternoon and I’ve made it. My plan for the next seven nights is scratched into my mind but there are lots of variables that need to fall into place for a smooth…
Read MoreSouth Mountain State Park Campground Review
South Mountain State Park in Connelly Springs, North Carolina offers back country, equestrian and family camping. I don’t have a horse and I’m not yet in the physical shape needed to backpack camp, so I hit the family campground. The family campground sits along the Jacob Fork River in Burke County about 25 miles south…
Read MoreIt’s Camping Season Again In The South
I love Georgia and all of its natural resources that we are blessed to have, but, when it comes to camping, I just cannot do it during the summer. After the calendar turns from April 30th you can count on my tent being placed on the shelf in the garage. My tent, like all my…
Read MoreHiking The Denny Cove Waterfall Trail
When it is late December and the forecast predicts decent weather, you take advantage of it. So when I saw temperatures were expected to be in the upper 40s on Dec. 29, I got up early and headed for South Cumberland State Park just outside of Monteagle, TN. The park is 30,845 acres that spans…
Read MoreHike To Sand Cave And White Rocks Via Ewing Trail
As I mentioned in my review of the Wilderness Road Campground, I took one heck of a hike during my escape to the Cumberland Gap National Park. The Sand Cave and White Rocks trail ain’t a joke, and it was everything this old man had to get it done. If you go, and I encourage…
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