The Hip Explorer

Category: Trail Logs

Where you went, what you saw, how it felt

Vaughan Woods: When You Don’t Need the Summit to Earn the View

Vaughan Woods: When You Don’t Need the Summit to Earn the View You don’t always need to climb a mountain to earn a view. Sometimes, you just need tall pines, good light, and the sound of water moving over stone. Sometimes, you need a trail that won’t leave you limping back to the Jeep, wondering […]

Cutler Coast: My First Real Trail Since the Hardware Install

Rocky cliffs and evergreen forest along the blue waters of the Cutler Coast on a clear summer day in Downeast Maine.

I decided to head up to Downeast Maine this weekend. A solid two-hour and forty-five-minute drive from home. Long enough to question the decision. Not long enough to turn around. I took Route 1 north, which, if you’ve never driven it, is one of the better stretches of road in this state. Old buildings. Ocean […]