Flip-flop
PCT inspiration and eclipse
What inspired me to begin this trek along the Pacific Crest Trail? Let's go back to fall 2023. I found myself along with another long time teacher at my school...
Week 13: (June 24 – June 30) Searching for Hallelujah While Slip Sliding Away
“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our...
Week 11 (June 10 – June 16) Spellbound by the Hiking Trails’ Beauty
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.’” —Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. June 10...
Week 10 (June 4 to June 9) Learning to See with Heart
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine...
Week 9 (May 27 to June 3) Random Events or Coincidences
“When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena 'signs', the skeptics 'coincidence', and psychologists 'concentrated focus',
Marion, VA & The Grayson Highlands
Anddddd we're back. Can you believe it? I bet some of you gave up on my blog. But, as I told you, I will finish my AT story for you!...
Week 5 (April 29 to May 5): Rain, Rocks and Kindness
“Ah, kindness./what a simple way/to tell another struggling soul/that there is love/to be found/in the world.” Alison Malee. @alison.malee April 29th started at Winder Furnace Shelter 1226.9 and
Beginning my SOBO hike, Shenandoah + Trail Angels!
Before Shenandoah Days 96, 97, 98, and 99, miles 1172.5 to 1229.2 (56.7 miles total). I took the train from Washington DC out to Harpers Ferry. On the train I...
The Sierras
Plans Change So I wasn’t actually planning on doing any of the Sierra Nevada. Mainly because I didn’t have the money for a plane ticket down. Thanks to my Aunt...
Vermont
Day 55 - Old Seth Warner Shelter to Route 9 Hoot-hooot-hoot called a barred owl last night, welcoming us to Vermont while we drifted off to sleep in our tent....