Top 10 Ways to Determine if Someone is a Thru-hiker
I was recently in Great Smoky Mountains National park and saw two young guys hitchhiking. Thinking about the wonderful people I met when I was thru-hiking, I stopped to offer
What do Black Bears NOT do all winter?
This week’s Creature Feature is the Black Bear, an animal I have gotten to see quite a bit since my Appalachian Trail thru-hike in 2008. During my five month hike
Comparing the JMT to the AT
I have been done with the JMT and off the trail now for almost two months but already it seems like a lifetime ago. When I look at pictures from
Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail
The Journey IS the Destination Call me crazy but living outside for five months sounded like my kind of adventure. There’s a bumper sticker on my Toyota with the words, “my
Witnessing a Miracle of Nature
In 2008 when I was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, I stumbled upon a mass cicada emergence… There is such peace in the quiet moments of night and often I didn’t