Mark’s Photos #8
Hiking the CDT, I had camped at Mormon Springs, located on a spur of the Oregon Trail in the Great Divide Basin of southern Wyoming. Mormon Springs was a bit of a misnomer as...
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Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
This week I thought I might talk about the menu for my upcoming trip. Which got me thinking of the time, several years ago, that I created freeze-dried dinners for nine people for five...
Mark’s Photos #7
It was mid-June of 2022 and I was in northern Massachusetts hiking the Appalachian Trail. For most of the afternoon I had been climbing 3,489 foot Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in the state,...
Right Knee Injury
“ …Leg bone connected to the knee bone, Knee bone connected to the thigh bone…” These two verses, from the classic 1928 gospel song, “ Dem Bones,” give me a perfect introduction to my...
Mark’s Photos #6
The hottest section of the Arizona Trail (AZT) is arguably a 60-mile stretch just north of the small town of Oracle. Being the hottest is saying something, on a trail that is known for...
Bears!
I couldn’t believe it, but there they were. The grizzly sow and her cub had just come over the rise in the trail in front of us, not 30 feet away. The mom was...
2 responses to “Bears!”
This is the kind of writing that should be in the GNP tabloid. Yes, Glacier National Park. Easy to follow and so damn informative. Thanks. I keep thinking there is a wider audience for your narratives. Perhaps, the Register Guard! (BTW, what kind of name is that for a newspaper!) Local boy makes good story, you being the local boy. If you are looking for some face time on tv, why not approach KVAL for a feature. I’d watch. Great stuff, my friend.
Dan, Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate your belief that I should look into getting published in the local newspaper, but I don’t really have aspirations in that direction. I’m just a humble blogger. 😄(The Register-Guard got its name when the Morning Register and the Eugene Daily Guard merged in the 1930’s)