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That is Cape Town, South Africa. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. I have been spending a few months a year there for over 20 years. I have never been the victim…

My friend Ronnie from South Africa posted this yesterday. A present from his Gran, 25 years ago. Just lovely, right? Just what I needed. https://www.facebook.com/666002792/posts/10155638230987793/ That is the web address where you can find a…

* I wrote this mostly finished draft, a short time before our return to Cape Town. Things are different now. Muizenburg! Well, my hiking on the AT is on pause. We are off to CT…

If you’ve read my “It’s Not Like TV,” you know the story. I still am not sure if I am ok. I have this division on my life now. I live in a world divided…

October 2018 This…is the cottage I’ve rented for the next two nights. Boskloof Swemgat #3. Outside AND inside braai. I had some lamb chops inside tonight for dinner! Yes. I am a meat eater. I…

This is the former township now called Bo-Kaap. It means “Above the Cape.” On the hill looking over Cape Town from the Northwest, it’s my favorite section of the city. This is the center of…

These are some of my bestest friends. Amanda, Jim, John, me, and Mike. Mike and John, on both sides of me, are very experienced woodsmen. Mike was actually a Boy Scout Leader! Master fire builder,…

So. I thought, that the 100 mile wilderness was located just as you enter Maine, going North on the AT. Today I found out different! It is actually located just before you enter Baxter State…

I was so down on Tuesday and Wednesday. I didn’t know what to do with myself!!! Returning from the trail just seems to get harder and harder as I spend more time out there. It…

EXACTLY! What a long, strange trip it’s been, this summer season of hiking the AT. It started out as…what did it start as? Can’t remember. Can’t remember much if anything these days. Well anyway, it…