When people find out you’re going on a 2,663 some-odd mile hike by yourself they tend to ask a lot of questions or offer heaps of unsolicited advice. Or do both. Not that there’s anything wrong with that–it’s almost always out of love, curiosity, or genuine concern. Here are just a few of the words … More Change The Colors Shapes And Size

Today I look forward to the stillness of things on the trail. To waking before the sun, when the sky is muted and blue-black. To the sounds that seem to live only in those pre-dawn moments: the zzzzzzzzzip of a tent flap opening, the crunch of frost-bitten leaves under foot, the chatter of birds in … More Out on the Patio, Out in the Great Outdoors