Tag: Hike
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The Lord is My Trail Guide
I was on the trail recently – a steep 2 mile trek at 25 degree, give or take. Cellar Mountain in the St Mary Wilderness in the George Washington National Forest. Wow, that was a mouthful. The forest was empty. I saw nary a soul on the trail, except for the local deer running across…
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Old Hotel Trail off the Appalachian Trail
It’s nestled in the 7500 plus acres of the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area and the even larger George Washington & Thomas Jefferson National Forest (about 1.8 MILLION square miles.) It is part of the Shenandoah and Blue Ridge Mountains and has miles and miles of trails. So yesterday, I headed to Mount Pleasant trailhead…
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Top Trails in Virginia
Top trails in Virginia This is not my list. This list originate with All Trails. But I’ve done them. All Trails has 2,124 trails in Virginia. I can n’er I’ve done them all but I’ve done ocean/bay front, city, suburb, foothills and mountains. I’ve scrambled the rocks, viewed majestic falls, gone off trail, and seen…
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You Should Be Outside
“You Should Be Outside” What a line. I hear it often from the voices in my head. Sometimes I answer those voices with strong affirmation – Yes I should. But there is so much to do. So very much to do. But this time, my administrative assistant said it. She has said it every day…
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DAY FIVE … Road Trip ‘22
Today, it all focuses on the letter “W.” What a Wonderful Way to Write the Whimsical Whisperings Wrangling in my head. West – It is the fifth day. And while a whole bunch of it was spent driving west, so much more happened too. So many wonderful things. I woke up early, in the wee…
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Airplane Mode … #MyPhoneGetsMe – Number 4 of 5
Now for my regular readers, this may seem a bit opposite of yesterday’s wisdom nugget (Hotspot) … but stay with me, they actually work together in the world of #MyPhoneGetsMe. I don’t travel by air a lot, I prefer to drive. Maybe it’s a control thing, an economic thing, or just a “I don’t want…
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Hotspot … #MyPhoneGetsMe – Number 3 of 5
One is the loneliest number that I’ve ever seen. Two can be as bad as one, it’s the loneliest number next to number one. Now that song will be in my head all day … a brain worm, so they say. Hey, that rhymed … but I am getting off topic. And my topic is…
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Piney Mountain, Appomattox – Fire Tower Road
When is a mountain not really a mountain? Appomattox is in some rolling hills, the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain range. The closet peak is about an hour west. So why didn’t I know there was a Piney Mountain right here in Appomattox county. Well, as I arrived on site, I realize Piney Mountain…
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Walking with a Limp
Sore feet. Worn out legs. Exhausted (somewhat). Artificial hip. Ankylosing spondylitis. There are many reasons I walk a bit weird. As one person told me, I have a little hitch in my giddy up. So I often limp. But today, I need … yes, need … to get outside. So off to the Conner-Sweeney Trail…
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It Happens Every Blessed Morning
Some people just aren’t morning people. They wrestle with the sheets, hoping to lose the battle and end up trapped in bed with no escape – an escape they don’t want anyway. But something amazing happens every morning. The sun rises. It’s not extremely hurried – almost like it knows people are waiting, so it…
Muddy Shoes by Todd 