That’s me and a couple of my friends, the two Johns, out for a typical Pennsylvania Appalachian Trail hike. Rocks! Rocks and more rocks. That was 15 days after my last hospital stay, for my SECOND UTI since the surgery. I hiked too soon. It’s Friday. On Wednesday night, I began to feel feverish. Can […]

I like routine. I like people fussing over me. I like it when my only decision of the day, is what to circle on the next meal’s menu. I like getting these goofy hair wash caps with who knows what inside and scrubbing my scalp in the morning. I like nice people. Nurses are really […]

You know the saying, right? The thing is, I’m not even getting the one step forward these days.  Setback after setback. That’s me up there. I just got home from the hospital. I went in for an outpatient procedure; green light laser surgery. I came home, got through the night, and went into my urologist’s […]

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Mile 494—Stealth camp Sunday, April 28 Weelll… best laid plans, right? It was raining, windy, and cold when my alarm went off at 4:30. The rain was what did it, though. I just could not—could not—face packing up in the rain again, and carrying that wet heavy mess. So I…

That would be my grandson, Vinnie, just about to clear 13′. When I sent this picture and a video to my brother John, he reminded me that our dad pole vaulted in high school! That would have been around 1932, in DuBois, PA. Our dad was a super athlete, and musician. He was the captain […]

When my oldest daughter, Jennie, was 8, she was hit by a car. I think maybe it was the most traumatic day of my life. I was home, heard a commotion in front of our house on Rt 313 in Quakertown , PA, ran out the front doors, and was the first one at the […]

I’ve been trying to get to the Priest Shelter for months! Today I made it!!! I’ll get to that. I started at the base of Spy Rock Road, just outside Montebello, VA. It was about a mile up to the Trail and Spy Rock. That is Spy Rock. The view from the top is fantastic, […]