SlowBro's Blog Posts

Mark’s Photos #1

My friend Dan was the impetus for Sunday’s blog about Thru-hiker Slang. It was fun to write and I appreciate his unintentional writing prompt. Dan has his own blog, over60hiker.wordpress.com, which is about his...

Thru-Hiker Slang

Inspired by Dan’s comment last week, I’ve decided to do a post on the terms thru-hikers use on the trail when chatting with other thru-hikers. This is not an exhaustive list, but I think...

Santa Fe to Taos Trail

Also known as the SF2T, it is a trail that, unsurprisingly, starts at the main plaza in Santa Fe, NM, climbs up and over the 12,000-foot Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and, after 132 miles,...

Flu

The freight train, that is Influenza A, barreled into my life around 11 p.m. a week ago, Saturday, and that’s when my up close and very personal schooling on the flu began. Over the...