NM: Lordsburg to Highway 90, 20.5 miles
This is the beginning of a LASH or Long Ass Section Hike of the Continental Divide Trail in New Mexico. I hitched the roads (3 miles at the front-end and 14 at the back-end, but it was still a challenging and ultimately soul-feeding journey. Highway 90 to Highway 90, 20.5 miles I arrive in Lordsburg […]
Like a Cowgirl
Sometimes making a “dumb” mistake can open us up to new new pathways. It’s all in your perspective.
March Forth
Six years ago today, I completed a walk of the entire length of New Zealand. What got me there were three words from the positive mental attitude world, “Do it now!”
The Clarity of a Fuzzy Mind
The long, relentless walks along the canals on the Florida Trail gave me an opportunity for some of my very best thinking and problem solving.
Kissimmee: Long Hammock to SR 60, 6 miles
It’s a short day to the highway where I’ll meet my friend, so I hang out at my campsite all morning in the hammock, then visit the chaos of River Ranch.
Kissimmee: Cowboy Crossing to Long Hammock, 20 miles
I luck out with the weather and an overcast sky on a hot day, plus I’m able to take a shortcut through normally an alligator-infested cypress strand because it’s so dry.
Kissimmee: Oak Creek Hammock to Cowboy Crossing, 17 miles
It’s another beautiful day in the hammocks and prairie, where I watch a downpour from a safe distance.
Kissimmee: Chandler Slough East to Oak Creek Hammock, 20 miles
It’s an extraordinary day in the Kissimmee through palm and oak hammocks ending with a full moon.
Kissimmee: Okeechobee to Chandler Slough East, 20 miles
Leaving lake Okeechobee, I follow the Kissimmee River and miles of mystical oak hammocks.
Okeechobee: S-135 campsite to Okeechobee, 15 miles
It’s not much further to town and a shower/rest! The lake enchants as well as a cool sculpture park in Okeechobee.
