It’s 6 September 2022, the day before our planned summit of Mt. Katahdin, and finish of our 2022 through hike. 2200+ miles of hiking and learning. We are HERE!! I am currently waiting for Jake to arrive/hike in to the Katahdin stream campsite. We are in Lean to number 8, right next to the stream.Continue reading “Appalachian Trail 2022 Through Hike: The Final Countdown!”
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Flashback Friday! Appalachian Trail Hike Summer 2014
It’s fun to relive past hiking and camping experiences with the perspective of today!
Dragonfly
Flittering and floating, From flower to shoulder, To the top of my head. As if to tell me, Sometimes we float away from love, And sometimes love floats back to us. I’m struck by her beauty, And a little sad when she leaves. Float back! I silently scream. Come back to me, My shoulder beckonsContinue reading “Dragonfly”
Butterfly
captured a picture of this beautiful Monarch butterfly as I was hiking along the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut.
Manina (A restaurant review in Frederick/Urbana, MD)
Dessert is like the cuddle after love-making…
Sweet Submission
Appalachian Trail Mile, 1947.1 8/23/2022 Whack! Another branch, wails the back of my leg. I whisper under my breath, Thank you Mistress, may I have another? I stumble, slip, and fall…again. The thick mud, made of some sort of clay and A stink I have never smelled before, clings to my ass And the backContinue reading “Sweet Submission”
1800 Miles Completed, A Love Note to the Appalachian Trail
1800 Appalachian Trail miles completed. A poem about leaving it all behind.
Two Days Off Trail in Camden, NJ and Philadelphia, PA!
Took a couple of days off the Appalachian Trail to meet up with my daughter in Camden, NJ for a concert and an eating tour of Philly! Philly is SO MUCH more than Rocky 🥊 and the constitution…
Appalachian Trail Thru Hike 2022: 3/26/2022- 1st Week Thoughts from the Trail
Day 1: We stopped off at Amicolola Falls and picked up our hiker tags, signed the hiker register and completed our Thru hike safety class. Day 1 total miles hiked, 3.2. We got a super late start, hitting the trail to the top of Springer Mountain in Georgia at approximately 5:30pm. It’s a 1-mile hikeContinue reading “Appalachian Trail Thru Hike 2022: 3/26/2022- 1st Week Thoughts from the Trail”
Appalachian Trail, 6/16/22, mile 980.5
Woke up at 7:30-ish. In all actuality, i was up most of the night, in and out of sweat dreams. If you have Thru hiked or long term camped, during the heat of summer…you know what i mean 😭. Dreams are super intense when #1, you are sleep deprived and #2, it’s hot as heck!Continue reading “Appalachian Trail, 6/16/22, mile 980.5”
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