Beyond the AT
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...
CDT Days 23-51: Colorado
Chama to Pagosa Springs On the morning of 6/1/22 the owner of the hotel in Chama drove me and some other hikers up to the pass. We decided to backtrack...
Coriolis Effect
7/01/22 Ok, I'm lost. Well, am somewhere. I remember something learned from school science light years ago: The Coriolis Effect. Water either drains clockwise or counter clock-wise. You can tell
Angst?
7/02/22 Angst? Really, most understand. Met some 20-somethings schlepping the CT who had to "share". Jeez, What are we: unpaid shrinks? After a minute of another's self-reflection, I wanted
Slow and Steady to Stay in this Race
95 Days and 798.2 miles since Springer Mountain. Here I am in Glasgow, Virginia. Again. Still. Whatever. After my last entry I tested my bum knee with a little 11...
Clothing
6/18/22 What do ladies daily wear on Colorado Trail? Packing for CT, careful consideration of clothing prevailed: I HAD to carry light! Double or triple use for clothing even