May 21, 2020 How I manage the terrain on the Appalachian Trail is to choose each step to be easy. I can always do one step! Breathe, choose ease, step. In each easy step I can savor the beauty of the one rock on which I’m stepping, then choose the next one to be easy …
Category Archives: Journey to YOUR HeartLand
Quick Answers
Over my 20 years of walking long distance trails, I’ve noticed that practically all of my questions can be addressed with five essential considerations. I have started calling them my Five Essentials for Creating a Radiantly Fulfilling Walk of Any Length. The five essentials are: Know your Trail Consider your Timing Love your Gear Magnetize …
Sunrise Journey
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There’s a House Bill 6666?
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=133&s=3
May, a Month of Maybe?
May 1, 2020 This morning I dashed out the door at 5:45 a.m. to fulfill my goal of doing a livestream video at sunrise. I’ve been creating a few of these programs each week with other park interpreters at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where I’m in my sixth season as Park Interpretive Specialist. Today, our …
Call for an Inner Journey
November 16, 2019 I read this in a women’s hiking blog. “Can I just rant for a moment?I’ve posted before about having to come off SOBO due to my knee this year. Also mentioned I had surgery in Sept for it. They did a couple things and I was excited that I’d get another go …
Identity Explored
October 23, 2019 I wrote this in response to a post by Kelly Joy Simmons as she explored and explained her identity. Thanks for inviting me to look at my own relationship with identity. Mine has been a sort of opposite from yours, Kelly. 40 years ago, I quit my budding career enticing people to …
Oregon Coast Trail: Journal Anthology
September 29, 2019 “Done is better than perfect” Read my Oregon Coast Trail anthology: Oregon Coast Trail Beach Walking Discovery Since John and I completed the Oregon Coast Trail and drove south through California to Borrego Springs and our winter home at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, I’ve been compiling the blogposts that I wrote during …
Oregon Coast Trail: Finale
September 13, 20196:45 p.m. Finished! We crossed the Oregon-California state line on the beach at Crissey Field State Park. There was no marker. John looked at Google Maps. We situated ourselves so the little blue dot hovered over the line. Done! To get here we returned to the bus stop across the street from the …
Oregon Coast Trail: Port Orford
September 13, 2019 There are many aspects of this particular journey that are different than my other long walks – the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Benton MacKaye Trail, and others. One of those is what piques my interest today. Generally, I have walked each trail once, in a single direction. By contrast, we have …