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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…