My wife and I once drove 40 minutes into Arizona’s Tonto National Forest en route to a kayak put-in, only to find out that I needed to purchase a Tonto Recreation Pass in order to park our vehicle.  There were no self-service fee boxes, as we had grown accustomed to in our home state of Georgia.  With no cell phone service available, we were forced to drive 40 minutes back into Mesa, AZ; the nearest location where the recreation pass could be purchased.  Once the pass was obtained, we returned to the put-in, and despite considerable frustration, we finally managed to launch our kayaks.

It was this frustration that was the first inspiration for this blog.  My hope is that by sharing personal experiences, we can prevent  others from making some of the same mistakes we’ve made, and hence provide a shorter, and more enjoyable road map to the outdoors.  Furthermore, this blog will motivate my wife and I to get outdoors more often, as we will need to constantly generate new content for the blog.  In that way, this endeavor will be mutually beneficial to both authors and readers.  It’s a win-win!

Please stay tuned.  We’ve logged a considerable number of miles of hiking and kayaking over the last two years.  We’ll be compiling and sharing information about the trips we’ve already taken, as well as posting fresh information about each time we go out.

And if you’re wondering about the name of the blog (sasquatchsearch.com), well,  it’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but the gist is this: we want everyone to enjoy the outdoors as much as we do, and we hope this blog will encourage everyone to go into the wilderness; or in other words “Searching for Sasquatch!”