Wind, Rain and Sun

Wind, Rain and Sun

It started out a calm, bluebird day. For a long while yesterday there was no shoulder to the road. Today there were very wide gravel shoulders. The morning sun was behind me, casting my ling shadow ahead. I like to walk facing traffic, not being 

200 Miles

200 Miles

The predicted thunderstorm didn’t appear last night, only a startled deer running on the deer trail near my tent.  It started raining before daylight. I woke up and pulled all my gear away from the edges of the fly. With the ultralight  Hexamid, just because 

Detachment Orders

Detachment Orders

My camp was very comfortable but I was still buzzing with all the sugar and chocolate from my half-gallon of Rocky Road ice cream. It took me a while to fall asleep. There was a loud noise not far from my tent shortly before nightfall.