wilderness – The Adventures of the Cajunlimeys

Five Days in the Flat Tops Wilderness

In August 2026, Samuel and I spent five days and four nights backpacking about sixty miles around the Flat Tops Wilderness in Colorado. This post is in two main sections: Highlights, to read for fun, and Details, to relive our adventure and use if planning your own adventure. Highlights The Flat Tops Wilderness is theContinue reading “Five Days in the Flat Tops Wilderness”

Backpacking the Four C

There is a twenty-mile National Recreation Trail about two hours north of Houston in the Davy Crockett National Forest, starting at Ratcliff between Crockett and Lufkin. It is named after the Central Coal and Coke Company (Four C), which operated the largest sawmill west of the Mississippi there from 1902 to 1918. I finally completedContinue reading “Backpacking the Four C”