Long distance hiking
Shenandoah Monsoons: Swampy Trails and Soggy Souls
Day 72 7.7 miles Earworm of the Day: Our Lady of the Underground, Anaïs Mitchell Towns love to ruin plans... Nothing you can do about it, but just roll with...
Pinch Me, I’m In New Hampshire!
Crossing Over the Connecticut River into New Hampshire I’m sitting in our travel trailer along the Connecticut River as I write this. My husband has rejoined moving northbound every 100...
Chapter 14: PCT Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth”
Chapter 14: Week 12: “Prismatic Mammoth” Days 78-84: 5/22-5/28/22 Total Trail Miles: 60.30 Total GPS Recorded Miles: 75.67 Cumulative Trail Miles: 942.50 From: Silver Pass to Yosemite
A Love Letter To Pennsylvania
Yes, You Read That Right - I Loved Pennsylvania! It has been entirely too long since I've posted an update. With each passing day, the miles left behind seem unimaginable. Yet,...
5 Things I Learned In My First 300 Miles of Backpacking
You Live and You Learn No matter the amount of researching, and planning a newbie backpacker does before a trip, nothing will prepare them better than being on trail. Like...
Especially You
When we reached Julian I headed over to Mom's Pie House for a complimentary slice of pie available to anyone with a current PCT permit. The folks who work there...
Apache, Idyllwild, San Jacinto: Days 12-16
Going Into The Snow The crew was Tbone, Smoothie, Juice, Crumbs, and myself. We left PVC Saturday morning and pushed through Spitler and Apache. We were all prepared with microspikes...
Mom & Daughter Team NOBO to Katahdin
Hello Friends, I let Shenandoah and miles 400 - 500 slip by without writing a post, but for good reason! My 23-year-old daughter, Chloe, decided to join me full-time on...
PCT Days 1-11
Day 1: April 12th I got a ride to the southern terminus from my friend at about 8am. I called a few people procrastinating for about 15 minutes before going....
Learning and Remembering As I Go
I knew it was going to be rough at the start. I understood intellectually but forgot how that would feel in my body. My introduction to the desert. The first...