Beyond the AT
We Have Unfinished Business
I'm missing something... What is this something? Did I not learn my lesson from hiking the Appalachian Trail? Speaking of which... I can't even begin to fumble through my memories...
From Fields and Forests to Swamps and Cypress: Tackling the Buckeye Trail and Florida Trail
With the AT completed in ‘21 and its accompanying injuries behind me, it has been time to move on to new horizons. One has been practically right out my back...
Isle Royale National Park: Trip Report
Isle Royale Trip Report Quick Stats: Total Mileage: 106.34 Miles Length of Time: 7 Days Dates: 9/11-9/17 Start/End Point: Rock Harbor → Rock Harbor Moose: 7 Beavers: 8 Wolf:
Deep Hiking: India “Diagonal” Wood May Be the First To Complete the “Colorado X”
It was 2020 and life was staring India Wood in the face. She’d exhausted herself trying to find an agent for her memoir and just closed her business-research firm after...
Happy Halloween
Photo credit Zoe Morelli Finger Lakes Floating Dress Photography I am a witch with rhyme and reason I am a changeling like the season My mother the moon 🌙 My...
The Great Southeastern Loop: Foothills Section
The Foothills Trail is one of the best trails I've ever hiked. This trail ranks high in comfort and quality. There is a nice bridge at nearly every water crossing,...
Congratulations dinner
7/21 Weird? It all seems a bit unreal, this plunge into reality. Folks who've been hiking in other lands "get it." It's a bit weird. The folks hosting the gourmet...
Great Southeastern Loop: Shining Rock Section
The Art Loeb Trail. Wow. What do I say. I feel like the Art Loeb Trail was built entirely as a challenge trail. It's not comfortable. It's got long dry...
CT-2023?
Drive back to Texas was brutal. It was hard keeping eyes open. Legs and feet felt like logs. What was that smell? Oh, me! Stopped in Lubbock, exhausted, for a night's...
Watercolors on CT?
7/03/22: Recall reading about importance of art on Trail. Nature is a patient, primordial. Isabella Pardales took a pared-down version of her water colors and media on her trek. Her...