Brasstown BaldGeorgiaNovember 2012 You know what a switchback is. First you go this way, then you go that way, then you go this way again and then that way… This trail climbs a relatively steep mountainside. To lessen the load, so to speak, design the footpath with many switchbacks. Not so steep this way. My… Continue reading Switchback
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The Mount Rogers Zoo
Mount RogersVirginiaJuly 2014 Leaving the hikers, the dogs, the boulders, the benchmarks and the mystery (of where the exact high point really is) behind, we retrace our steps back down the mountain. This time, when we come to Wilburn Ridge Trail, halfway back to trailhead, instead of continuing straight on the path that brought us… Continue reading The Mount Rogers Zoo
Rebel!
Humphreys PeakArizonaJune 2013 Up before dawn on the day we plan to hike to the summit of Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona. Lucky us, there is a 24-hour Denny’s Restaurant right across the street from where we lodge. It is four o’clock in the morning and as you might expect, we find a… Continue reading Rebel!
Tick Check
Northeastern United Statespretty much any time you go out The older woman’s voice on the telephone says, “There is no water here, so there are no mosquitoes, black flies or vermin.” But Grandma does warn us about snakes and ticks. I’m not at all alarmed by this as Pennsylvania, my home state, could put anyone… Continue reading Tick Check
Will Rogers — A Short Political Summary
Boise CityOklahomaMarch 2013 These days, the Oklahoma Panhandle, as well as the rest of the state of Oklahoma, is about as Republican as you can get. If you were to stand around with seven of your best friends during the Presidential election in 2008, and you voted for Mr Obama, rest assured that your seven… Continue reading Will Rogers — A Short Political Summary
Shortest Trail
Lick Hollow State Forest Picnic AreaPennsylvaniaJune 2019 Behold, the shortest hiking trail Lisa and I have ever had the pleasure to hike. In the photo, the sign is at trailhead and Lisa is at the terminal end of the trail. We didn’t get lost once.
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Talk Like a Pirate Day
Mount GreylockMassachusettsMay 2014 The Money Brook Trail goes off to the left. That’s our planned route. At the junction, we continue straight up the Hopper Trail. Why do we continue straight up the Hopper Trail instead of turning left onto the Money Brook Trail? I have no idea. We read the map, we have our… Continue reading Talk Like a Pirate Day
Roswell
RoswellNew MexicoMarch 2013 Continuing southwest 164 miles takes us nigh into Roswell, New Mexico. Does that name sound familiar to you? Many people know Roswell for the “incident.” In 1947, there was a report that an airborne whatsis crashed on a ranch somewhere outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Since then there has been a heck… Continue reading Roswell
Roadtrip Atlanta
July 2018 Behold, two of the residents of the Atlanta Botanical Garden. In the car, traveling south. As we go farther, we see more billboards advertising “Gentleman’s Club.” Lisa wonders, because we haven’t seen any, if there also might be an “Asshole’s Club.” In South Carolina, a bumper sticker reads…Bearded Baptist This term never crossed… Continue reading Roadtrip Atlanta