Flip-Flop
The Healing Path: A Thru-hiker’s Origin
The origin story of a queer dirtbag on the Appalachian Trail
Happy 2021 – Year of My AT Flip Flop
How I Got Here and a Quick 'Get Lost' to 2020 To tell how I ended up here on New Year's Day, about 2 months from starting my AT thru-hike,...
T-Minus 172 Days – The Tortoise and the Hare
Slow and Steady Wins the Race Read any article or blog about starting out as a newbie thru-hiker, and almost unanimously the advice will be to slow your roll. I'd...
Don’t Fear the Creeper: When Snake Advice Fails You
Anyone who knows me knows am I deathly afraid of snakes. Mortified. Terrified. Of course, snake lovers and conventional wisdom assure you: “They are more afraid of you than you...
50 Shades of Graying
Or more precisely, 53 and graying. Let’s start this adventure with an intro and a short, lighthearted post. I’m sure things are gonna get heavy (literally and figuratively) in the...
Never Say Never: My Blue Blaze off the AT Has an Unexpected Grand Finale
For those of you who follow my blog, you will remember that my body finally cried "Uncle!" after nearly 15 weeks of hard backpacking from Harpers Ferry, WV, to Andover,...
Day 24 – Day 30 : It Is What It Is
Beautiful views can change your whole mood! Finally made it to Crater Lake! History and beauty make me never want to leave!
Monson, Shaw’s, and the 100-Mile Wilderness
Shaw’s Hostel in Monson, ME, is one of those iconic places on the trail that every thru-hiker needs to stop at. And I mean “needs to” quite literally. In terms...
Hi-Yo, Virginia! Away!
Welcome to Virginia, for real! This near-150 mile stretch was a good one for us in many ways. For the first time, we did not have any deadlines or events...
An Unexpected New Route to Katahdin
Ah, my friends, stuff happens. All the carefully laid out plans must sometimes change. That’s life and one must accept it and continue on in a new direction Quite simply,...