How to Backpack with Ice Cream

It was a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in Boulder, Colorado, and I wanted two things: a hammock in the shade and ice cream.

But there was a catch. Any bum can laze away a day in the backyard; I wanted those hallmarks of summer in a killer creekside spot tucked away in quiet woods.

Read the rest of my Pass/Fail story for Backpacker Magazine at backpacker.com.

Published in the June, 2017, issue of the magazine.