Beyond the AT

We Have Unfinished Business

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...

Feb 28, 2023 : Anna Hamrick
From Fields and Forests to Swamps and Cypress:  Tackling the Buckeye Trail and Florida Trail

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...

Dec 21, 2022 : Ruth Morley
Isle Royale National Park: Trip Report

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:

Dec 15, 2022 : Peanut
Deep Hiking: India “Diagonal” Wood May Be the First To Complete the “Colorado X”

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...

Dec 15, 2022 : Clay Bonnyman Evans
Happy Halloween

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...

Oct 31, 2022 : Zoe Morelli
The Great Southeastern Loop: Foothills Section

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,...

Aug 2, 2022 : Zach
Congratulations dinner

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...

Jul 21, 2022 : Naomi Brown
Great Southeastern Loop: Shining Rock Section

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...

Jul 20, 2022 : Zach
CT-2023?

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...

Jul 18, 2022 : Naomi Brown
Watercolors on CT?

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...

Jul 3, 2022 : Naomi Brown