You know you have been alone in the forest to long when you find yourself saying, “Carly have you seen mommy’s ax?” I was obviously talking to the dog. I may have been camping with her to long as I’ve started to refer to this little ding a ling as “Princess” And “Sweet heart” I may …
It was so cold last night my bones were aching. I have a bad back and issues with both my hips and I had hiked close to thirty miles in the last three days but I had kept my pack light. I simply did not understand why my body was so achy. As I tried …
Mornings in the eastern sierras like this one are a great stress reliever. When I feel like the realities of life (And living a life where Donald Trump, a reality t.v. star will be president; just putting that into words still feels like science fiction!) are starting to get to me, hiking fifteen miles through …
I was literally sitting in my campground just now cursing the rude people who started their generator at six a.m. I had just destroyed some firewood with an ax and yes maybe I had a beer or two. It’s been a highly stressful day. The Hungry Mountaineer needed a hop filled beverage to make her …
I may have been in the forest to long when I find myself saying, “Beer me!” To my dog. Yes, well, eight days of camping and talking to almost no one but my dog can do that to a girl. It’s probably going to be a fantastic sunset tonight because fire, yea. There appears to …