Ron Strickland is the father of the 1,200-mile Pacific Northwest Trail. He is a latter-day trailblazer, author and the paterfamilias of the nation's newest national scenic trail. "Pathfinder" is ...

Beneath a brilliant blue fall sky, we push our way higher up a rocky, leaf-covered section of the Ozark Trail a few miles northeast of Eminence. We round a bend along a bluff some 700 feet high when a ...