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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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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, happiness, hike, hiking, thru hike, travel, walking
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What is Happiness?
What is Happiness? Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. ~ Omar Khayyam So I sat down tonight to do my weekly post and I hit the wall that is writer’s block. I played some of the … Continue reading
Posted in personal happiness
Tagged contentment, gratitude, happiness, hiking, joy, natural quiet, nature, resilience
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Adventure & Happiness
Adventure & Happiness We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness is Adventure
Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, happiness, hiking, himalayas, mount everest, Northern lights, polar bears, whale sharks
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Friends on the Road
My 2018 Adventure – Friends on the Road I have wandered all of my life and also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~ Hilaire Belloc My 2018 … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, friends, happiness, hiking, mexico, scotland, spain, travel
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Camino Primitivo – Day 2
Camino Primitivo – Day 2 A little more regular of a hiking day on day 2, up in the dark, got ready and out the door about 8:15. Misty morning, pretty but was burning off and knew it would be … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, Camino, happiness, hike, hiking, spain, travel, walking
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Camino de Primitivo – Day 1
Camino de Primitivo – Day 1 My first day on the Camino Primitivo. Started with breakfast in Oviedo and headed out about 9:30. A late start for me on a trail but I had a very short walk today, only … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, Camino, Camino de Primitivo, hike, hiking, revkane, spain, travel, walking
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Oviedo – Part 2
Oviedo – Part 2 So the afternoon was good, checked into my hotel and had that minute of panic when they ask you to hand over your passport. No worries, I’m an experienced traveler who knows they don’t need the … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure
Tagged adventure, Camino de santiago, happiness, hiking, Oviedo, photography, spain, travel
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Oviedo – Part 1
Oviedo – Part 1 Welcome to Oviedo! Look who was waiting for me. Apparently since he used Oviedo as a fill-in for his Barcelona film, they built him a statue. Beautiful train ride once the sun came up. Rolling through … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, blog, Camino, Church, happiness, hiking, photography, spain, travel
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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world) You can read my last post about most of my last day hike on the Great Glen Way for the straight story. What follows is a somewhat embellished, somewhat … Continue reading
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Tagged bizarro world, blog, great glen, happiness, hiking, scotland, walking
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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (straight story)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (the straight story) The long walk home. So I’ll be writing two versions of my 5th day on the Great Glen. The first will be the fairly standard trip report of … Continue reading
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