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Pox & Puss Episode #70 – Eavesdropping with Dan Koeppel
In this episode we talk with Dan Koeppel about his article The Legend of Baltimore Jack in Outside magazine. Dan was searching for an article to write for Outside when...
Restoring My Faith in Humanity, One State at a Time
I am slightly over a quarter of the way finished hiking the Appalachian Trail. It has been just over 50 days. I’m in my fourth state, and reaching the final...
Pox & Puss Episode #69 – Trail Days 2016 with Asiago and the 2013 Parade
Here it is…the final chapter in our 2016 Trail Days Interviews series. This time we have a quick discussion with Asiago about just how difficult it can be to get...
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
Planning a Section Hike of Massachusetts
Hello to my three readers. (Hi, Mom!) I have something pretty exciting to announce. This late summer and early fall I am embarking on a section hike of the Massachusetts...
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...
Katahdin Will Be There Next Year
Katahdin Isn't Going Anywhere As I headed north, it became clear that I wasn't going to make Katahdin before my second grandchild was born. I have to be there to...
1500 Mile Marker Struggle: The Rant of a Masshole
Last week we left New Jersey for good, then overcame the challenge of the rocky roller coaster called New York, forged ahead through Connecticut, and landed for some rest here...
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...