September 1, 2019 Our hotel rest stop was a welcome break and a sort of new beginning for the rest of the trip. We took an entire day off at the Villa West Hotel, at the crossroads of US101 and 126 in Florence, Oregon. We stayed until checkout time at 11. John’s willingness to take …
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Oregon Coast Trail: Seal Rocks
August 27, 2019 This day had similarities to yesterday, with a few variations in the details of food and campsite services. We had beautiful beach walking, some awesome rocks, not so much roadwalking, and early evening arrival at South Beach State Park Hiker-Biker site. My notes for the day: 7:20 away from camp at South …
Oregon Coast Trail: Whale of a Day
August 25, 2019 On which we walked big miles, made a big leap in our thruhiking style, and saw some really big creatures! Adding a few more words or phrases to the words above, like in one of those grammar games, we walked something like sixteen miles, starting our day at 5 a.m. at Devil’s …
Oregon Coast Trail: Roadwalking
August 22/23, 2019 “I’m going to call this Horrible Hill!” says John as we pace up the hill on the shoulder of US101. He must not be using Regina’s Meet the Mountains Technique, I thought. It wasn’t the elevation change bothering him, though, it was the threat of zooming trucks veering over the white line …
Journey Photos
October 17, 2017 Days in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park begin with radiant sunrises in a huge sky. Mountain vistas, rocky routes, and rare oases delight my senses and exercise my body! Here are a few photos from my first week here at my fun job as Park Interpretive Specialist. Today, my ardent fan, a regular …
Photos from High Country Week
Click on this link for my album of photos from my week in the Mt Rogers, VA High Country from August 3 – 7, 2017: https://goo.gl/photos/j6BgrzGCi5upmBeC7
Empty Space
July 26, 2017 Raise your hand if you have stuff in a storage unit! Today, I get to celebrate that my rented storage space is empty! I admit, I can’t claim complete victory over storage because my stuff has actually just been relocated to storage in my son’s new residence in Ohio, but this is …
Adjust
May 21, 2016 I realized that my colored pencils are watercolor pencils! Well, not the yellow, actually. That made the blending uneven. This reminds me of adjusting preferences in life. When something is important, I figure out how to do it within various circumstances. That may require adjusting details, methods, tools, timing. The essence or …
Contented
May 8, 2016 The Park season is waning and I am feeling contented with the idea of working for Forgiveness Walks this summer. Allowing coaching, offering programs and products to be the real job that I do within a nomadic setting, is becoming something I can say casually, matter-of factly.
Money Matters
What will it take to know myself as someone who confidently requests and receives money in exchange for my coaching? Today, I acknowledge my belief that I’m acting as if these statements are true: “It’s not ok to request payment for hiking consultation because others do it free.” AND “It’s silly to think that hiking …