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Welcome to my blog.

Expect reflections on long distance hiking, hiking culture, nature, creativity and my undying love for backrests.

Look What Came in the Mail!

So excited to get this in the mail yesterday!

I don't know why I waited so long to order it, but I'm savoring every page and every memory it's dredging up for me right now.

There isn't a single page where I hadn't crossed paths with at least one other hiker on that page.  Usually several.

That's cool.

But what's even more cool is how happy it makes me to see everyone in this yearbook.  Even the hikers I only met once.  Even the guy in the orange shirt.  Even the people I only knew because I kept seeing their names in the shelter logs (Waterboy, Daddy Long Legs, Queen Pee).

It makes me incredibly happy to see them all again.  

And proud to be a part of this crazy community.

And excited to get back to it.  Eighteen more days!

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