Can ya believe that we will be leaving in about three weeks? It seemed like just yesterday this whole adventure was just a vague idea! The last few days have been a bit … outside the routine. Which is not necessarily a bad thing since my routine is about to change drastically anyway. But this […]
People have been banging on my door. They have been hanging outside with cameras flashing every time someone appears at the window. The phone is ringing off the hook. Everyone wants an update on my plans. My public WANTS to know! And then I woke up. But just in case one or two people ARE […]
When I tell people I am planning to hike the Appalachian Trail, I generally get one of three replies: You’re crazy. Cool! That’s cool, but you’re crazy! Each of these invariably followed by a “Why?” The answer to that why is not always the same, nor alway easy to produce. However, the simplest answer is […]
It was rightly pointed out to me in begging plea for assistance yesterday that not everyone will really have a clue what I am talking about … especially with regards to the charity donations thang. Not that many people often have a clue what I am talking about (including me). Maybe some came along later and […]
I am not a goal driven person. I MIGHT be a destination driven person, but even when I have a specific destination I am aiming for, to me the journey to it is really what is important. So when Mark asked me to join him in this epic journey … there was absolutely no chance […]
I won’t beat around the bush or mince words. For me, the dream of hiking the Appalachian Trail has now come to an end. We recently returned from our 10-day vacation in the mountains of northern New Mexico. This was the first year that I would be able to really test out how my bad […]
When I was younger, they used to call me The Test Dummy. While this kind of applied to my whole life, it specifically referred to my outdoor activities. For about 18 years, I went on yearly 10 to twelve day canoe outings. The first few were basically calm flat water … but then we got […]
Now that I have been home for a few days from our 17-day Cross Country odyssey, I have had time to think more about the upcoming Appalachian Trail hike. The real reason for our trip was in order to travel out to my Hometown in Oregon where my brother and I were hosting a reception […]
Since no doubt the devoted masses are wondering what has become of our beloved Two Idiots and their Baby Sitter in the last couple of weeks (this is where people might actually notice we have not been about for a bit), I figured I would post a nice rousing update. I even had a post […]
Greetings from the reclusive Texas Idiot. Sorry I have been AWOL from the blog page for a bit and I hope my hiking brethren accept my sincere apology. After submitting this post, I will be ramming my skull repeatedly into my computer monitor, until I am rendered unconscious, in a small token act of repentance. […]
