See that barn? I’ve now come upon it twice. Yesterday, I came up through a beautiful pasture. First I saw the gate. Looked familiar. The earth was in bloom all around. Really beautiful. My App, “Picture This” called these Moon Daisies. A whole field of Dandelions and Moon Daisies! It was stunning. I walked up […]

Day 2 was tough but easier than 1. I can either do 7.7 tomorrow and camp, or continue on the 3.5 to my car. It is almost all down hill, that last bit….👍? 3/4 In

I started at Watauga Lake. My shuttle driver, Donna had me almost to my start point when I realized that my phone was still mounted on my dash. Ugh. So we went back and came back to Watauga Lake! 3 times as much driving. I paid her double and filled her tank with gas. Expensive […]

I got picked up today by my friend Sasqutch Donna. I videoed her last year telling her story about the Big Foot carrying a puppy up the mountain to the parking area she was headed toward. When she got there she found the puppy wrapped up in a blanket. That pup is 8 now. She […]

Nope. Loitering is not for me. No time for that. There is much to do. I’m back. Maybe 100% back. What a tough couple of years. Doubting myself. Being afraid. Stuck. Being stuck, that was the worst of it. That’s the bike I just upgraded. With some of the packs I’ll be loading up. It’s […]

So long ago, I can’t remember when, I decided that I loved life and needed to share that feeling. “Play Basketball at Shobert’s Palestra!” We had a basketball court at our house. Dad put a rim on the wall above the garage doors and a post and rim opposite the first one, across the “turn […]

Perfect. Perfect Day. Perfect spot. The Trexler Game Preserve has been there since the 1930s I think. Well I was sort of right. It was 1933. General Harry C.Trexler, one of the founders of Portland Cement, purchased the land in order to preserve Plains Bison and Elk and keep them not in Zoos, but in […]

I’ve been way too obsessed with decline. Wondering how long I will be fit enough to “enjoy my life.” Why is it that I need to be fit to enjoy my life? First let us define Doug fit. Doug fit is fit enough to do ALL the physical stuff I have always done to be […]

I’m just beginning to feel again. I’ve been going through the practiced motions of my life, not feeling. At least not feeling what I remember now, what my life has always been. Happy. A few years ago it all started. I had a gun in my face and at that moment, I didn’t know if […]

Ok. For the last 2 years I have turned feeling sorry for myself into a way of life. First the gun in my face in South Africa. Then the TIA. Then we moved. Then my heels. All the while I’m entering the 8th decade of my life. I got so down. All I wanted to […]