Oregon Coast Trail Day 3: Boat Ferry
Seafood For Breakfast Wow, my ankle hurts badly. This was my thought as I stood up out of my bivy in the morning. I packed up and headed to the...
Pretzel Joins the Trail Mix
Day 8 I love the way thru hiking ignites my senses. The scents- the way the plants smell, or wet earth, or the faint muskiness of my quilt as I...
Somebody That I Used To Know
For the first time in a while, I slept soundly! The night temperatures finally rose to about 48 last night, and so while I got in late, I actually still...
CDT + GDT: Lake City to Monarch Pass – Leaving the San Juans for the Collegiates
Resupply 9 | Lake City to Monarch Pass Day 36, 5.6 miles. Right outside where we stayed overnight there’s an amazing bakery where we had breakfast twice. The owners of...
Foothills Trail – Who’s Afraid of A Summer Afternoon Thunderstorm? Not Us.
Getting the band back together There’s only one reason why I’d backpack the southern Blue Ridge Mountains in the heat of summer. Veteran hikers know the answer to this one....
7 Days without a Drop of Rain (On Me) $22.28
I wake early, around 5.30am, feeling very refreshed, and blissfully unaware of how long the families partied last night at the nearby shelter. The thru hiker was still sound asleep...
Day 39: Slackpacking the Dragon
We slackpacked today. Southbound. It felt entirely odd carrying a small amount of weight. It felt even more odd going south. It felt like walking inside-out.
Cruising to the NOC
This morning I woke up and had a truly hard time waking up, especially as it rained outside. I'm sure avid readers have noticed a theme, and I think my...
Day 8, Is Shaw’s Hiker Hostel Heaven or did I just Spend Seven days in the Backcountry?
Answer: yes The goal of today was to get to town. The alarm rang at 4:00 am but I did not sit up until 4:30. The fog was hanging low...
1,2,3….Green Light! Red Light!
I returned to the trail on a hot sunny day in Falls Village, Connecticut last week. It’s been 6 weeks since I last hiked on the AT. When my grandson...