Excellent inspirational article from June 25, Los Angles Times…
“I’m not on vacation. I’m not out for a weekend. This is where I live.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-billygoat25-2008jun25,0,4753131.story
Mileage = 11.4
My brother Roy and I staggered into our campsite at Russell Pond at about 3:30 PM today. It was supposed to be a short day of 6.2 miles, but we ended up making choices that doubled it. So whose to blame? Neither of us, its the Polish way!
Camping with my brother [...]
In the past year, I’ve walked in tears, I’ve walked in awe, I’ve walked in sweat, I’ve walked over ice, but this weekend, I walked in glory.
Initially, it seemed that the idea of this hike was vaporizing me, hanging on my horizon, never really real. General Tso, Rangoon, and [...]
May 20, 2008 - 12 miles traveled
Awoke to cloudy skies, but no rain. I was out of the tent first, where I was immediately hobbling around. My calves were tight, sore, and protesting. Right, this is what would happen , after leaping right onto the AT with the Speedy Sisters and downing 16 miles yesterday?
I [...]
( written on May 18, 200
Back in Damascus, VA, exactly one year, to the day, after being here in 2007 for Trail Days, or Trail Daze, a 25,000 person backpacking party. I’m here tonight at the Biker Barn, in the company of my wife Auntie Mame, and her twin sister, V8. Both are [...]
in Virginia and Maine. I have all sorts of adventures to post, and have got to get started. I’ve put the piece about Gene Espy on tonight, and will just say that I’ve backpacked 6 of the last 9 days; in two stints on the AT, down south and up north.
I have just finished over [...]
The highlight of the offerings at Trail Days was the talk given by Gene Espy,who was the second person ( Earl Shaffer was #1) to thru-hike the AT. Gene did it in 1951, at 24 yrs old.
He had no idea at the time that he was only the second person to do it as [...]
Great day of riding 320 miles ( motorcycle) into the great White Mountains of New Hampshire. I left the house at 9:30 AM and figured I had to put down 150 miles if I were to make lunch with my infamous Appalachian Trail friend, and increasingly famous Vermont trail angel, Bad Influence. I didn’t [...]
“Tics are parasites- They live by feeding on the blood of others: birds, mammals, and reptiles. They remain attached to the host for several days while feeding , attached by their strong mouth parts. Some species pass on diseases, such as Lyme disease, as they feed. size 1/16-1/8 “ long, # [...]
It has started again. Another clump of big outdoor pursuits is resurrected. The two wheeled kind. In the last 24 hours, I have taken two tough bicycle rides, and then fired up one of my motorcycles and taken a short ride to picnic with some old friends.
I was up to my neighbor Andy’s on Saturday, [...]
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