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Appalachian Trail Happiness, Where to buy the Book
Appalachian Trail Happiness, Where to Buy the Book Please forgive my shameless plug tonight but I wanted to provide all of the purchasing information for my book in one place ~ Rev Kane What I hope you can get out … Continue reading
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: Acceptance is the Way
Appalachian Trail Happiness: Acceptance is the Way My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations ~ Michael J Fox Tonight an excerpt from my book, Appalachian Trail Happiness. When you set out … Continue reading
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AT HAPPINESS: FOUR TROLLS ON A BRIDGE
AT HAPPINESS: FOUR TROLLS ON A BRIDGE So today on the trail at a point where the trail crossed a little stream over a footbridge, a tall, pretty younger, blonde woman came down the hill. There she found 4 older … Continue reading
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My Best AT Posts from the Last Year
My Best AT Posts from the Last Year Today is the birthday of one of my hiking partners from last year, Kingfisher. The picture above is our belated celebration we held at the Laughing Heart Hostel in Hot Springs, NC. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backcountry, backpacking, food, happiness, hiking, recipes
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Are you ready for your Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
Are you ready for your Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike You need special shoes for hiking — and a bit of a special soul as well. ~ Terri Guillemets So you want to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail? First off, congratulations and good … Continue reading
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Hiker Slang
Hiker Slang We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect ~ Anais Nin At a book club recently for my book, Appalachian Trial Happiness, the readers said they wish there had been a glossary. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, camping, happiness, hiker trash, hiking, pacific crest trail, PCT, slang
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: What A Difference A Year Makes
Appalachian Trail Happiness: What A Difference A Year Makes Arriving at one goal is the starting to another ~ John Dewey So last year at this time I was in my first week on the Appalachian Trail. It was an … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, AT, AT2016, backcountry, backpacking, friends, happiness, hiking, looking back, walking
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: The Book
Appalachian Trail Happiness: The Book So as readers of this blog are aware I completed 1000 miles on the AT last year before a knee injury ended my adventure. One of my primary goals in attempting to do a thru-hike … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, happiness, hiking, springer mountain
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Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: My Thoughts So Far
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: My Thoughts So Far “The long distance hiker, a breed set apart, From the likes of the usual pack. He’ll shoulder his gear, be hittin’ the trail; Long gone, long ‘fore he’ll be back.” ~ M … Continue reading
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Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: Official Freakout Day!!!
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness: Official Freakout Day!!! And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~ Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist So it had to happen right? Sooner or later the immensity of the … Continue reading
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