I’m Going On A Walk, Again
I Changed My Phone Screensaver May 15th, 2024. Today, I changed my phone screensaver. The colorful and vibrant picture of me sitting proudly on top of the wooden pillar that...
The Trash People do trail magic!
Day 64 Stagnant Pond to Elk Garden 12.3 miles - AT mile 495.2 Card of the day - Ace of Pentacles This morning Cheeto asked if he could ask me...
Another lost bear line!
Day 63 Tent-site to Stagnant Pond 10.4 miles - AT mile 482.8 Card of the day - VII The Chariot Following the debauchery of the night before, as promised I...
Smiles before miles
Day 62 Damascus to Tent-site 1.5 miles - AT mile 472.5 Card of the day - XV The Devil Day 61 was a zero in Damascus. What do you do...
Day 47: Chaco Scars and Aqua Blazing
Rough Morning I did a lot of moaning and groaning as I forced myself up. All was quiet until Fine Young Buck began to rapidly move and pack. That woke...
Here I Go Again (On My Own)
AT day 32 Intermission is over. I was off trail for 12 days. The quest is on to catch Caroline, who is roughly 100 miles ahead. She is zeroing in...
Weeks 3 & 4 – Brown Blazing & Mountain Climbing
Mile: 179.4 - 374 Weeks 3 & 4 on the trail definitely felt like a level up from the previous fortnight. Our warm up was over and it was...
Lessons From the PCT
It’s been 184 miles since I started in Campo, and although that isn’t even one tenth of the distance that I hope to be going, a fellow hiker put it...
Day 29 – Does Fog Always Mean Rain in the Smokies?
Day 29 Start: Newfound Gap End: Peck’s Corner Shelter Miles Hiked: 10.5 Miles on AT: 218.4 I had a hectic start to this morning. I woke up early to...
The Fall and The Goodbye
The Epic Fall We fall. Thru hiking is one big series of falls or near falls! Tree roots, rocks, mossy wet rocks, sticks that grab your shoe laces, forest floor...