HIKE DIARY
Backpacking & thru-hiking
is not always blissful
CDT: Walnut Creek (Silver City) to Sapillo Creek (Gila), 22 miles
I take a day off to explore quirky, artsy Silver City, then head up to the Gila through a hard section filled with blowdown and finally a long descent to a pristine creek.
CDT: Red Rock Road to Hwy 180 (Silver City) 18 miles
It’s easy walking now, all down hill, to the highway. I have a spectacular sunrise and views towards the Gila before hitching the highway to Silver City.
CDT: Hwy 90 to Ridge near Red Rock Road, 20.5 miles
On day two of my section hike, I climb up into the Little Burro Mountains. It is heavenly up there, filled with pinyon, two kinds
CDT: 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
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.
