All Alone with Nobody but You, (part 2)

I have mentioned before that I believe successfully hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) from one end to the other is at least 50% or more a mental achievement. There are certainly other issues that can take us off the AT like an injury, friend or family issue, realizing that hiking the AT is not forContinue reading “All Alone with Nobody but You, (part 2)”

All Alone with Nobody but You (Part 1)

We not only pack up all our supplies when we head out to spend days, weeks or months on the Appalachian Trail (AT), but we also take with us all the “stuff” we have packed into our lives throughout the years. A lot of it is pretty light stuff, but a significant portion of itContinue reading “All Alone with Nobody but You (Part 1)”

Enduring Those Annoying Necessary Evils

Although God has filled nature with incredible variety and awesomeness, some of that creation is just plain annoying…, at best. For example, in New Jersey, I was literally “wiping” the mosquitoes off me!  Slapping took too much time, impeded too few drillings and killed too few of the insect terrorists. It was as if youContinue reading “Enduring Those Annoying Necessary Evils”