It occurs to me that at this point some of you who occasionally read this blog may be wondering how I ever came to be someone who hikes, much less backpacks. While I’d walked a few trails on vacations and at 4H or Girl Scout camp in the past, I never would have called myself an avid hiker until just… Read More
A few years ago when my friend Kim and I decided to join my Aunt Ida for a 6-day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail, we knew we had our work cut out for us. You see, Kim and I are expertly proficient at nothing athletic or physical, but we aren’t going to make fools of ourselves either. We’re going… Read More
We all choose which paths we take, and that choice determines our destiny. But it also determines the journey we experience to get there. Tuesday night there was a wonderful special on the National Geographic channel about the Appalachian Trail in the eastern United States. I’m delighted to say that I backpacked a small section of this magical trail a… Read More