Cindy and I did not talk much to each other while hiking the 5,000 mile American Discovery Trail. Part of this was due to being around each other 24/7. What news did we have for each other? “What did you … Continue reading
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The Beauty of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
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Trail Games
Hiking thousands of miles over a few months involves a fair bit of potential monotony. Personally, my mind and spirit are perpetually engaged when hiking above treeline, or when following a creek, but there remains stretches of miles upon miles … Continue reading
The Activity of Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Back in my former persona as a blogger, three or four long weeks ago–back when I focused on the virtues of kindness, community and humanity–much of the foundation for what I wrote came from my study and understanding of early … Continue reading
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Cindy’s Perspective
Cindy knows that I am sharing her story on my blog and will be writing a book that shares her story as well. That begs the question of how she feels about that. Here is Cindy’s perspective about her early … Continue reading
The Simplicity of Hiking the PCT
This past week Cindy and I started going for walks wearing almost full backpacks. We are training for our five-month, 2666 mile hike of the Pacific Crest Trail that will start in June. On the first day Cindy could not … Continue reading
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Sticky: Our Final Journey
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I created this web site to first tell the story of a 5,000 mile walk across the county along the American Discovery Trail, with posts from May 2011 – May 2012, and retold that journey recently from a different perspective. … Continue reading
American Discovery – First Movement – First Draft – Beautiful Day
I am working on a symphonic presentation of our American Discovery Trail journey. I will compose the original themes, then other musicians and composers will embellish. This is all being done to raise funds for early onset dementia research, the … Continue reading
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The Community of Antimony
Antimony, Utah is one of the most secluded towns in the country. Mainly a ranching community, Antimony was the last town in Utah to get electricity. We were the beneficiaries of some noted kindness in Antimony. The owner of the … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Ted
The American Discovery Trail have state coordinators that overlook their section of trail, lobbying to get things done for the ADT within their states, publicizing the value of the ADT and lending a helping hand to those hiking the trail. … Continue reading
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The Kindness of Matt and Miriam
In focusing on Trail Angel Day a couple of posts back I skipped over our first real Trail Angels in Nevada, Matt and Miriam from Switzerland. We met them at a very opportune time. There would be hotter days than … Continue reading
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