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That’s me, Doug Shobert, my ex brother-in-law Chick, and my soon to be daughter Marta at 2 years. The weekend after a football game. How about that shirt? Elephants. A harbinger of the future? That…

Otzi our host at Garden Mountain Hostel, had a bad day. Therefore, I too had a bad start to my day. The night before, everything was ok. He was gracious, I met Tuna and Minnow…

The night before day 3, a hiker came into the shelter, as I was heading down the hill to take care of business. I’m a little foggy here. I know we spoke briefly that night…

I had the best time yesterday. When I left Garden Mountain Hostel yesterday, I stopped in to Matties. I didn’t know what to expect. It was so beautiful! It’s run by an Amish family. One…

Those are some dirty feet. My feet! No shower for 4 days Wrong socks. Bad shoes. Uncomfortable sleeping pad. My first serious backpacking trip It was day 4 on the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. 40…

This rare piece of geology was first discovered in the 1740’s by James Burke while hunting in the area. The name “Burke’s Garden” was given to the valley as a joke in 1748 after Burke…

Why are so many people so angry in my country. Everyone seems to be angry at someone. Blaming someone else. When will you realize that this kind of anger and finger pointing, accomplishes nothing? Why…

And that is what it looks like in the morning at Mountain Garden Hostel Virginia. Stunning, wouldn’t you say? Just earlier it looked like this: I spent the evening before, and stayed up much to…

To all you lovely people I’ve met this week: I don’t have energy or time enough right now, to write what I want to write. So, I’m just going to post some photos, and get…

I’m not sure what you all (all 3 of you who read this) have in your minds about why I do this. Hike the trail. I have been really thinking hard about that. Trying to…