It all started after my Dad was our team captain for the 2010 Texas Water Safari. He experienced first hand the epic adventure that is held within the 100 hours of the toughest canoe race in the world. About a month after my partner Brian Jones and I had finished the 2010 Texas Water Safari my dad called me with [...]

South Kaibab Trail The Grand Canyon is a unique and rewarding hiking destination. There are so many trails that offer different views and glimpses of the canyon many of which would make you question whether you were really in an arid, desert climate down inside the largest canyon in the world. The second of my [...]

New Mexico: Wheeler Peak Elevation: 13161 ft Located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range, Wheeler peak sits between two popular ski towns in New Mexico; Taos, and Red River. It is in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness area of Carson National forest. From Red River take mountain road 578 south until it basically dead ends. [...]

Arizona: Humphreys Peak Elevation: 12,633 Hike Time: Around 5 hours Getting There: Humphreys Peak, an old volcano, is just north of Flagstaff among the San Fransisco Peaks. You can’t miss the gigantic peaks protruding up out of the surrounding landscape. From highway 180 going north towards the Grand Canyon out of Flagstaff go right after [...]

Nevada: Boundary Peak Elevation: 13140 ft Getting There: Located in the White Mountains just on the border of California and Nevada Boundary Peak sits next to its more prominent neighbor Montgomery Peak in California. The route taken was the Queen Canyon Mine Route. It is very remote and hard to find if you aren’t looking [...]

The Devils River has quite a reputation in Texas, you can’t talk about the river without someone claiming that its the cleanest river in Texas, or that you will be shot at if you set foot on the bank. Rumors aside everyone should run this river, this mostly spring fed unbelievably clear and remote river [...]

Travis loses!!  Boo!!

From making a weekend suicide trip to Minnesota with my dad and 2 friends to pick it up, to finishing the Texas Water Safari this Wenonah Escape has fit the bill. I have done many modifications to it and this page will go through its progression. The first thing I did was beef up the [...]