At least I am camping for a few days.
I’m here in Florida at Disneyworld sleeping in a tent at the edge of a creek. I scored a round trip flight from Portland, ME . Cheap for $164.26. I am a staying at a campsite with my oldest friend in the whole world, Edward, [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I met up with my friend Frank, who he asked me if I wanted to join him on a hike up to the top of Mt. Battie in Camden Hills State Park . It’s a three mile walk with an elevation gain of 600’ that has frequent [...]
Thought I’d do a visual shout out of the new MEGATEX tattoo. The redness has mostly gone out of it and there are a couple of pink lines that will fade, but the final concept was the summit cairn atop Mt. Katahdin’s Baxter Peak, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The letters capture the [...]
Lots of needles pierced my skin today, which began with my first acupuncture session ever, and ended up with a custom Appalachian Trail tattoo, ever.
Since I have completed my 6 month AT thru hike, I have continued to experience unabated discomfort in both forefeet. Sometimes they feel hot, sometimes numb, sometimes tingly and throbbing, [...]
Sometimes I’ll be posting the work of other writers on this blog. This piece is so beautifully written and so satisfying to read that I had to share it.
By HENRY SHUKMAN
Published: January 6, 2008, New York Times , Travel section
“COMES over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move [...]
In the course of my lifetime I was fortunate to have closely known two men who were both devotees of the I Ching; Paul Yakovenko and Fritz Weidner. For the life of me, I was unable to accept that any degree of wisdom could come from the throwing of coins. [...]
“Hi Tom, Aren’t you glad you’re not out on that Appalachian Trail today?” said the waitperson who took my order at The Brown Bag, my current favorite lunch spot in Rockland, ME. Ever since the picture of me stretched out on the road next to the white hand lettered “2000 miles” [...]
My romance with the outdoors continues. Last night, as part of our own private New Year’s Eve celebration, Marcia and I lay out on the couch and watched the AT classic video “Walking With Freedom” documentary that tracks the Lion King on his 2003 thru hike. Satisfying [...]
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