Finally, I can get some sun on my feet! Life is better with tan feet for me. Always has been. For some reason, I eat less in flip flops. Socks increase my appetite. You know, like when ice cream consumption goes up, there are more boating accidents. It’s Summer! Tomorrow I will hike a bit. […]

In Africa, on my first Game Drive, the tracker called me “Matengu.” It means early bird. I was always the first one in the Land Rover. Maybe “erlybird.” Erlybird in the Woods. Still thinking.

Why didn’t I think of it before. “Skeet!” My dad always called me “Skeet.” Let me see if I can remember why… maybe I’ll ask my brother. Yoda was suggested but there must be a million Yodas out there. I can’t call myself Yoda. That’s like Jesus to me.  I’ve been called: Erle, Magic, Iceman, […]

Finally, I’m back in the woods! Just an easy two miles but no pain! My right calf is healing. I will continue to take it easy. Reinjuring it would be disastrous. I used 2 trekking poles for the first time. Wow. Much less stress on my lower half and even some upper body work. It […]

Wow! What a difference compared to the Ebay bargain I had and sold today.  First…the waist belt extends and actually FITS my 65 year old mid section. The weight was all on my hips. Amazing how much better that feels. I think I fitted it pretty well thanks to REI on YouTube. Load lifters are […]

They all said I should see The Godfather. Nope. Not me. If EVERYBODY loved it, how could I? I’m not going. It too popular. I don’t do popular. Popular is not cool enough for the royal me. I musr be different. They said Osprey or Gregory.  Nope.  Not me.  I go to Ebay and scour […]

Anyone out there have a healing spell? A magic poultice? A prayer that works fast? I need my leg to heal. I want to hike from dawn to dusk on the Summer Solstice. I know, this is how I get hurt in the first place. Sorry. I’m not changing. So. Send me the Mojo. The […]

Nope. Not going to use the 1945 state of the art closed cell foam ground pad. What was I thinking?  Maybe for one or two bad night’s sleep, but not if I want to EVER go again.  Here it is once more. The recurring theme. I’m too old for that shit. I need air under […]

Thank heaven. I feel like painting again. Just finished this one. Started months ago. I kept walking by it looking and not painting. I wonder if it’s Painter’s Block? Do painters get that? I lost my desire to paint when I got Lyme disease. All I could do is eat, sleep, and read. I was […]

My homemade footprint. $14. Marmot footprint for my Marmot tent? $60. A small victory for me in the battle to be average. I want to be a garden variety, 65 year old hiker. I want to smell the roses. Take in the sights. Enjoy the journey. Stop when I want and start again when I […]