When I talk about backpacking, I try to convey that the getting there is as important as the destination. Hell, the destination is often no more than some little road in the middle of nowhere or a mostly flat spot to pitch a tent. There is nowhere in particular that we are going to, just [...]
I have returned from my backpacking trip. I’m tired and sore, but overall it was a good trip. And I have now walked every step of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. That’s about 230 miles. In all, I’ve walked just about 600 contiguous miles on the trail from the PA-NJ line on the north side [...]
I watched the debate last night. I keep hearing that this debate was close. Go figure. Obama was clear and consise and told us exactly what he want to do. McCain was angry. Very angry. I can’t belive that anyone actually wants to vote for this guy. Now all the Replublicans understand what it felt [...]
I love the weather this time of year. Clear, crisp sunny days. But I can’t enjoy it, the days draw shorter and hint of another dark winter. I know I keep saying it, but I really need to relocate myself to a somewhere without a winter. One of these days it is going to happen. [...]
I had this notion that I would get much done today. Reality, as usual, conspired against me. Instead of getting up bright and early and having some coffee, I slept in and then dragged my feet doing nothing for most of the morning. I didn’t even have my first cup of coffee until past ten [...]
It happens every year. I take my last backpacking trip in late October or early November. I say to myself, last trip till Spring… And I mean it, when I say it. I go on with my life. The busy holidays in December. The short, but cold and dreary days of January. And then it [...]
A tale of two hikers. 7:36 AM We pull in to a gravel parking lot and begin to get our packs ready for a 3 day hike that would take us from Blue Mountain (just southeast of Palmerton, Pennsylvania) to the Delaware Water Gap; where the Delaware River cuts through Kittinany Mountain at the PA-NJ [...]
I went backpacking. Again. I know, it’s almost boring. It was a great weekend. I’m sure its just me being paranoid, but as the end of Dubya’s term gets closer, I keep waiting for some one to announce that they are extending his term indefinitely, citing terrorist threats and what not. Thanks Monty, Mango and [...]
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