[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.23.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] With the number of RV super-centers seemingly on the rise, the art of bipedal motion and cycling is not always on the forefront of people’s minds. Before people sat in their cars and pressed levers to get from point […]
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.17.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] I wish everyday out on the trail was sunny with pleasant temperatures, but unfortunately Mother Nature often has different plans. If you spend a lot of time hiking outside, there will inevitably become a time where you have to
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 3.8.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Recipe for (Mis)Adventure Oftentimes when I mention to someone that I thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016-2017 with my husband, Domonick, they ask if we were married at the time. I can’t help but smile and say,
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[Please note that this was originally posted on 2.14.19 here. Hiawatha Hiking Company is our new business!] Disbelief “Is this Highway 178?”, I ask a 20-something year old guy who was getting water from a creek with his male hiking partner. He says to me, “You’re hiking by yourself?” I respond, “Yeah… I don’t feel like
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I developed a guide about paddling the Mississippi River a little while ago (click here to view it). If your thinking about paddling the river you will find some information that may be helpful for planning your trip. I am working on a GPS file that I should have completed (hopefully) by the beginning of
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May 18th, 2017 Llanes to Camping la Sauces Km walked: 32 Km total: 398 We woke up at 6:30 to pounding rain and then went back to bed. The forecast said it would start clearing by 10:00 AM so we weren’t in any kind of rush to get going. Two hours later we started to
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May 4th, 2017 Irun to Passjes de San Juan Km hiked: 16 Km Total: 16 Today we started the Camino del Norte, or was it yesterday? I don’t know. Our sleep schedule has been very discombobulated, on account of multiple time zone traverses spanning several days, and an overnight bus ride from Barcelona to Irun
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We woke up to cloudy skies and rain so naturally we decided to stay in Seoul one more day and night. We didn’t really get to do any tourist stuff here yesterday and it would probably have been a shame not to see the city to some degree. We are staying in a part of
I arrived at the Portland Airport at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, just as the Alamo rental car building opened up. It was drizzling as it tends to do a lot in Portland, and the ground was wet, as well as the air, which was damp and cool. I dropped the mini van off and
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Today’s miles: 10.8 Total miles: 76.2 – the end! Camped: At a La Quinta in Tennessee Woke up this morning and had a short hike to the peak of Sassafras Mountain. Not surprisingly, I was the only one there just before 9am on a Monday morning. I was excited to get to this point and
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