It is the one year anniversary of my most significant injury on the trail. I was hiking with Cricket, and we had just crossed from Connecticut into Massachusets, and gone over Mt. Everett. It wasn’t raining, but it had been raining earlier, so all of the rocks were slick. Was walking down an exposed rock, [...]
That I did not hike the trail. There is photographic evidence. There are witnesses. I was not having an affair with a woman in Argentina.
Everybody who knows me knows that I’m a huge soccer fan, and a follower of the US National Team.
Right now they’re participating in a tournament called the Confederations Cup, which brings together all the continental champions. The US qualified by winning last year’s Gold Cup (championship for the North and Central American and Caribbean zone). [...]
Okay, does everybody else wish you didn’t hear Paul Harvey’s voice in your head just now?
Anyway, on Saturday the 6th, instead of commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day along with Obama and Sarkhozy, we headed to Giverny to celebrate impressionism. The house is moderately interesting (we all thought the kitchen – with its gorgeous antique [...]
I hope at least some of you are enjoying nature today.
Okay, now for the rest of the story, before I forget.
Wednesday was Mont St. Michel day. A couple things I forgot to mention. At first, we got on the French-speaking tour, because we didn’t want to wait 15 minutes for the English tour. Mom was providing running translation for John and Mary. But the guide [...]
One year ago today, I hiked a long and surprisingly difficult 20.6 miles, starting at a beautiful shelter in Harriman State Park built on a huge boulder (with, unfortunately, no water source – Cricket and I tried to pump rainwater out of tiny puddes) and ended, spending the night at a picnic shelter for [...]
Here’s my journal entry from 6/13/08, the day I hiked out of Delaware Water Gap (the town) across the Delaware Water Gap (the geographic feature), and through most of Delaware Water Gap (the National Recreation Area).
Day 106; Friday the 13th
24.8 miles to 1306.4
Brink Road Shelter
First time arriving at a shelter after dark. Aione in shelter, [...]
As previously stated, I went to France with my parents, my brother, and his wife, from May 29th to June 8th. It was a great trip. Many things to tell.
It started with a little drama, thanks to an overly helpful gate agent at SFO. I get to SLC, and pull out the boarding pass for [...]
How bad is it? So bad that Neko Case won’t have the pleasure of my company tonight at her concert. I’m sure she’ll cope.
I never get sick. Never. I think it was the combination of a travel-weakened immune system and the way my blanket kept slipping off me in our vacation rental. I was pretty [...]
