Ziggy Tails: Season 2 Episode 5: Wye Knot Retreat
Bruce, Ziggy and I are road tripping again. We left home Friday afternoon headed for the Appalachian Trail in Virginia to meet up with our youngest son who is out doing his own AT thru-hike. I wonder were he got that idea? We made it to Lee, Massachusetts before we pulled over at an interstate service station, found the darkest spot in the parking lot, and went to sleep in the back of the van. Our days of driving through the night are over. Age has a funny way of changing one
Book Review #4: My Appalachian Trail I:Three Weddings and a Sabbatical
Bruce and I are on a roll! 4 books in 4 weeks. We don't even miss Netflix, cheesy Amazon Prime movies, or sappy Hallmark chick-flicks. It's amazing the time we have reclaimed. This week's read was by Steve Adams, a savvy Brit who has a way with words and a knack for story telling. Steve - Might Blue as he called himself on the trail - had absolutely zero hiking experience and being a tall brute weighing in at 245 pounds, was far from what his friends and family would call out
Book Review #3: They Call Me Panda
I now will never be able to read a book and not laugh when I get to chapter 5 no matter the seriousness of the title I am reading. I will explain later. Bob and Matt Hunt set out to hike the Appalachian Trail on more of a whim rather than a dream and the result is They Call Me Panda, a waggish anecdote that will have you in stitches from the first page to the last. Father and son being at polar-ends of their lives in all aspects, journey together through 14 states for almost
Ziggy Tails: Season 2 Episode 4 It Finally Happened
Saturday was a beautifully day here in Maine. The sky was blue-bird-blue with white cotton-ball clouds and the sun played peek-a-boo with the puffy formations. We decided to stick close to home since we had a commitment in the early evening. So, out back we went. Kind-of, anyway for a jaunt in the woods. If you will remember from the last episode, Prince Ziggy got hurt and refused to walk. My pack-able carry harness - that I finally purchased hadn't arrived yet, so instead of
Book Review #2: Alone in Wonderland
I love this new feature I am doing on my blog. Today's spotlight is written by Christine Reed another wonderful author we met at Trail Days. She is a lively gal full of spunk with a heart the size of St. Andrea's Fault and when it break's, it feels just as devastating. Bruce and I were reading Nancy East's book (my first book review), Christine's book, and another book simultaneously for a few days. We finished Nancy's book on a long day trip to visit Baxter State Park. Since