Would you like the good news or the bad news? Bad you say? Nope. Good first. My Columbus Denali 64L backpack is AWESOME! With the help of the EMS and REI YouTube videos, I managed to figure out all the straps, size my pack, and fit it beautifully! So I packed it full of “stuff.” […]

So. I bought this hammock with the brilliant idea that the ticks won’t be able to get me. Brilliant me thinks. Now. What about my gear. What about the time spent NOT sleeping. What if I need something in my pack, wherever it is, in the middle of the night. Do I lock my pack […]

Got some news yesterday. I’ll need some work on my thyroid. Biopsy, surgery, etc. Regardless of results, I will be OK. It’s just a matter of how annoying it will all be. I was just researching as to which points of the AT are the highest. Looks like I will be in the Great Smokey […]

Went over to Stover Park today to just loosen my legs. Hiked about 4 and 1/2 miles at around 19 minutes per mile. So my app says. Too fast I went! I just took the yellow out and back. My right calf is tweeked a little. I need a couple days rest. I watched “A […]

Not nearly as sore as I thought I would be… I’m thinking about a few miles today on my way home. I wonder if I could still become able to do this for an extended time. Attitude good. Enough time, are you kidding? Wife ok with it? Depends who I go with. Looks like it’s […]

What an amazing day. Sunny. 50° with a breeze. I took the AT to Sunfish Pond and picked up the Dunfield Creek back to the Dunfield parking lot. 8+ miles. My longest ever in my life! I’m now with my feet up and The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo. I think I’ll build a fire […]

Excited. Nervous a little. Never hiked this far. I will take my time. 🙂 Been an insane week. Carotid test found Lymph Node problem. Lymph Node test found nodule on my Thyroid. Thyroid test found two nodules, one larger than the other. Tuesday I see another doctor about a possible biopsy…

Forbidden Drive. Hiked the North side from Bells Mill Road to the Valley Green Inn. Lovely. Hilly. Perfect. Crossed the Wissahickon Creek and headed up the entrance road toward Henry Avenue.  Entered the woods near the top and followed the path out to a real road! Bummer. Followed the road down to another entrance to […]

Spent an hour and a half on the trails at the dam end of Nockamixon State Park. I parked on the “old” Rt 563 and entered the park on the northeast bank of the Tohickon Creek. The Tohickon gorge supplies Bucks County with some of it most dramatic scenery. The rock formation in the first […]

It was a beautiful almost Spring day. 45 degrees or so when I started.  I still have trouble with what clothes to wear. I need more proper layers. I bought a new day pack when I got home.  The one I have is a “sling” type. It flies ever direction I turn. Annoying. I wore […]