All posts by Michael Henderson

About Michael Henderson

Born and bred in Franklin, Pennsylvania, Mike learned about adventure from an early age. Even before he learned to walk, Mike made trips to the Outer Banks with his family, where he slept under his dad’s cot in a canvas tent along the beach. The adventures continued, to the mountains, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and everywhere in between. Those trips included backpacking into the Grand Canyon and up Mount Rainier, camping in the Rockies in the snow, and skiing right out the front door at home on old alpine skis with cable bindings. Other family activities including canoeing, water skiing, ice skating, bouldering, body surfing, and fishing. By the 1980s, Mike’s interests expanded to include windsurfing, inline skating, photography, and eventually mountain biking, geocaching, and kayaking. He currently teaches photography at the Venango College of Clarion University, as well as windsurfing, geocaching, camping skills, and cross-country skiing at various local outdoor workshops. He collaborated and managed what has been considered the world’s largest, longest-running, and most successful geotrail, the Allegheny Geotrail. Some of his paddling exploits include two Ocracoke-to-Portsmouth Island crossings; St. Ignace, Michigan-to-Mackinac Island; and multiple excursions along the entire Pennsylvania shoreline of Lake Erie.
  • You Can’t Take It with You!

    As an active outdoor enthusiast, my friends often recommend activities that they think I should try. And there are plenty of new ones, seemingly every day, that pop up. A couple of current trendy ones that come...

    • Posted November 15, 2017
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  • To Mackinac Island – via Kayak!

    Most folks who visit Mackinac Island get there via high-speed ferry. But we had a different idea… Ok, so here was the plan: Drive the 10 hours from Erie, Pennsylvania to the Straits of Mackinac; cross the...

    • Posted March 26, 2016
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  • MeFOTO DayTrip Tripod Review

    When I stumbled onto a deal recently on a MeFOTO Daytrip mini-tripod, I decided to pick one up and try it for some waterfall shooting. When I go backpacking, I don’t carry a full-size tripod with me,...

    • Posted March 6, 2016
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  • Destination: Angel Falls

    There’s a section of the Allegheny River south of Franklin, Pennsylvania, that is designated a National Wild & Scenic River. This part of the Allegheny winds its way lazily past summer cottages and tiny river villages, around...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Making Big Bubbles On the Pamlico Sound

    Our friends Lee and Stephanie like to make big bubbles. I mean BIG bubbles. And to make it more interesting, they like to load their bubble-making gear onto their standup paddleboards and make the bubbles from various...

    • Posted November 26, 2015
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  • Coyote Song

    This summer, we’ve accumulated some new neighbors that often keep us awake at night. Their haunting howls can put a chill right up your spine and wake you up from a sound sleep. We’ve been visited by...

    • Posted September 12, 2015
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  • Redford’s Walk In the Woods Strikes a Chord For Fellow Outdoor Enthusiasts

    We managed to get out to the theater this past weekend to check out the fun Redford/Nolte spoof, A Walk In the Woods. We had to drive to a theater an hour away because neither of our...

    • Posted September 12, 2015
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  • There’s a New World Record in Stone Skipping, and You Won’t Believe What It Is

    Things don’t always happen quickly in the world of stone skipping. Past world record holders have been able to rest on their laurels for sometimes as much as a decade. But it seems lately there has been...

    • Posted August 18, 2015
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  • What? Surfing With a Motorcycle?

    Ok, this is a little bit “out there” for Cross Adventuring, but hey, we haven’t seen a video this cool in a long time, and this guy spent a LOT of time preparing for it. So here...

    • Posted August 5, 2015
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  • Windsurfing: Not Just For Thrill-Seekers!

    When most folks think of windsurfing, they envision hotdog 20-something athletic guys getting big air off the lip of a wave, or a helmeted adrenaline junkie skimming across a choppy bay at breakneck speed. But a little-known fact is, a good...

    • Posted July 31, 2015
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