Flip-flop
The Where’s and Why’s
Well, this is it. Let’s get acquainted. Not too long ago my friend Galen and I were taking a walk to Devil’s Kettle Falls in northern Minnesota, and catching up...
Papers strewn
Before the trail, my life was a neatly stacked pile of papers. I spent time making sure the edges of the papers were aligned and that the corners were straight-...
Shedding Blood, Sweat and Tears in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Made Me Cry First, the good news...I walked out of New Hampshire and into Maine on Tuesday, August 29. And there was much rejoicing. Yay!!!! Because even though...
Out of the Frying Pan and Into Maine
What's the Maine idea? Only 250 miles of the North reMaine-ing! Figured I'd do some blog Maine-tenance. Ok, ok, I think you get it....we've made it into Maine! The last...
Doctor (re) Visit
10 Aug 2017 Mileage AT NOBO Miles - 454 miles AT SOBO Miles - 298.3 miles AT Total Miles - 752.3 miles % Complete - 34.3% Today's Miles - 0...
Headed up North to the Land of the Whites
We've spent the last two weeks traversing the final miles of Vermont and the first half of New Hampshire. It's been mountain summer days full of pie, ice cream, raspberries,...
Katahdin: The Halfway Point for This Flip-Flopper
Good news all around! I survived southern Maine. I survived the 100 Mile Wilderness. I survived Katahdin. I survived Maine. Leaving the tough climbs of southern Maine was a blessed
Northern California ✔️
Days on trail: 85 Miles hiked: 1,369.20 Days without a shower: 14 Strangest thing seen: A man dressed as a T-Rex. Guess what, guess what?! Bighorn and I officially, this...
Vermont: The Original Tough Mudder
If rocky Pennsylvania was where "boots go to die," Vermont is surely where they go to get buried...in the mud! The appropriately nicknamed Ver-mud is home to The Long Trail...
Magical Massachusetts
Our AT journey has brought us through Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, and we can say with some confidence that none of those states compares with how...