tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627822011-04-21T13:54:51.578-04:00includes hiking, backpacking, The Appalachian Trail, The Long Trail, and other random things"Concordia"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13906372773974188585noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762782.post-76122535738947309382008-11-19T20:41:00.001-05:002008-11-19T20:44:35.298-05:00

This verges on the "random" but ... Long Live Latin! Score: 92% (11 out of 12)They say this online "quiz has been taken 8589 times with an average score of 47%" as of just now when I took it.

"Concordia"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13906372773974188585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762782.post-1118715189176741292005-06-14T01:00:00.000-04:002007-09-26T20:00:36.353-04:00

Summer 2005 Hike - Part Two23 May - 2 JuneArden Valley Road, NY -- Port Clinton, PA23 May 2005 (Monday) Wildcat Shelter, NYBack on the Trail again! Ann dropped me off at Arden Valley Road (where it – and the Trail – crosses the New York Thruway to the west of Harriman State Park) at noon. It’s been a forgetful day in ways: first, I left my bamboo hiking pole at home; then, I forgot to ‘camel up

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Summer 2005 Hike - Part One7 May - 15 MayPen-Mar, MD -- Thornton Gap, VA7 May 2005 – Saturday – Pine Knob Shelter (Maryland) on the Appalachian TrailSo, after some months of planning and figuring, Ann drove me from home this morning to the Pen-Mar County Park just barely south of the Mason-Dixon Line. We got there about 8:45 a.m., and I got hiking about 9:00. Got here to the shelter (17.6 miles

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The Saga of My Long TrailOver a year ago, on the 20th anniversary of my ordination as a Lutheran pastor by the way, I decided that I really needed to do something I've been wanting to do since I was in high school: take an extended backpacking trip. Many other circumstances in my life came together to make it possible this summer, but I still only had one month of vacation. Too short a time for

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Well, that was the Long Trail hike. After getting home, people asked 'Would you do it again?' My stock reply was, 'Well, probably not in that direction at least for a while. There are too many other trails to hike first.' And there are.

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