Travels with Lil’ Red: Day 2: The Path of Sisyphus
Tranquility Point—Red Butt Falls—East Parking Lot (5.6 miles) Fog rolls across the valley. A...
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Travels with Lil’ Red: Day 1: Nurture the Flame
The first in three-part series of an outdoorsy road trip around the Appalachians. Panthertown...
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The Agony of the Feet: Day 5 on the MST
Day 5 (2.88 miles): Lost Cove to Roseborough Last day. Short day. Up the trail. Down the road,...
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In the glorious Land of Waterfalls: Days 3-4 on the MST
Days 3 and 4: Steel Creek (?) to Lost Cove Wednesday (13.04 miles): Alaska Kate was up and out in...
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Trudging the Muddy Trail: Days 1-2 on the MST
Days 1 and 2: Wolf Pit to Steel Creek. The first climb is the deepest. Monday (5.43 mi): Chuck and...
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carry kerouac/up a muddy, winding trail/new and familiar
Spring fever strikes a visceral yen to strap on boots and hit the trail. All signposts point to...
Read MoreThe Tribe Stumbles on Unmarked Trails
It was an inauspicsious start. I put my boots down on the railroad tie behind my truck. Atticus...
Read MoreA Love Letter to my Wife on Thoreau's Birthday
It’s Tuesday morning when I call you. By 9:00, you and I hang up, and I point the ship...
Read MoreSanctuary Sunday and Mid-Week Pilgrimage
Sunday morning is my sanctuary. One of the dogs wakes me, and I slowly roll out of bed and...
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