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Pox & Puss Episode #68 – Trail Days 2016 with Lucky
We continue our Trail Days 2016 interviews with Lucky. Lucky and her boyfriend Little Santa came all the way from California to hike the Appalachian Trail. Be sure to visit
Pox & Puss Episode #67 – Trail Days 2016 Duct Tape and Patches
In this episode we are across the street from Dot's, still hanging out in front of MoJoe's Trailside Cafe/Sundog Outfitter, and Subway during Trail Days 2016. The crowd is...
Pox & Puss Episode #66 – Trail Days 2016 Samsquatch
This is a warts-and-all episode. People have been asking us to just release the 2016 Trail Days as-is…so here’s part one of six (or seven?) with minimal editing. Every...
Well, I’m Not Dead Yet
Barefoot Hiker, AKA The Last NOBO, here with another update. New York and the Renaissance FestivalA week ago, I was able to spend some time in an outlying suburb of...
The Battle of Hogwarts
The trail has a way of stripping away all your defenses. It leaves you emotionally raw and vulnerable. I've found that literature can hit you on the trail in...
A Quick Stub on Bloodsuckers
Days were regularly warm now. At night the lightning bugs lit up the darkness with their familiar space alien green florescence. Except for lightning bugs, I never met a bug...
NY, CT, Gone Fishing
First full day in New York was tough and fun. I climbed repeatedly over eight-foot boulder formations and down the orther side. I caught up with Clifhanger, Ox, Firestarter, and...
Coco and Magnus — Days 121 through 126 — Prisms, Rumors, and Pancakes
7/6 Monday -- Day 121 * We said our goodbyes and thank yous to Red Panda and her family as well as others not going back to the same place...
Coco and Magnus — Days 112 through 120 — Slackpacking, a Birthday, and Trail Magic History
6/27 - Saturday - Day 112 * Entered New York! * The trail offered a nearly flat, vertical rock face or a ladder. Magnus took more challenging approach and I...
Touring Toymakers Cafe in Falls Village, CT
I love things like cemeteries, Return to Oz, and ghost tours. I was pretty psyched to see that there was a restaurant called Toymakers Cafe in Falls Village, CT. With...