A Different Kind of Trek
The Buckeye Trail (BT) is over 1,400 miles in length, completely circumnavigating the state of Ohio. That is impressive, but mostly I just wanted to use the word “circumnavigating” in a sentence, and now...
Monthly Archive: April 2024
Your going to need an ocean of calamine lotion
Toxicodendron says it all, albeit in Greek, so let me translate for you. Toxikos, means “poison” and dendron, means “tree.” This is the name for the genus of plants that contains poison ivy, poison...
Back in Eugene
Just a short update on my travels since my last post. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Harrison waiting for my Thursday flight out to Dallas. It obligingly rained cats and dogs late Tuesday...
Day Ten (Wrap Up)
I am writing this from Harrison, AR, population 13,300. Home of the Boone County Regional Airport. Clayton and Samantha and their 3 y/o daughter drove me the hour north from Pelsor this morning. My...
Day Nine (Eclipse & Hike Over)
Due to the heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, I was up half the night, trying to figure a way to get to the end of the trail without having to ford anything. I thought...
Day Eight
First of all, there was no rain in the forecast so I left my pack uncovered. That’s why I was up at 4:45 when I heard the rain start. I pulled my pack under...
Hey JR, we missed you, but you may have dodged a bullet. It was amazing, even extraordinary, but really really…