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Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness – Walking in the Rain
Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness – Walking in the Rain Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, backpacking, happiness, hiking, rain, redwoods, travel, trekking
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My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike
My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value. – G.M. Trevelyan Each year for Thanksgiving I do a hike in the morning, turkey in the afternoon. My Thanksgiving tradition includes three of my … Continue reading
Posted in hiking, Holiday Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged backpacking, be happy, happiness, hike, hiking, holidays, opt outside, PCT
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Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Little Mountain Therapy
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Little Mountain Therapy Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. ~ William Arthur Ward I write about my love for Thanksgiving every year, … Continue reading
Free ebook on Amazon: Appalachian Trail Happiness
Free ebook on Amazon: Appalachian Trail Happiness Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. ~ Benjamin Franklin I’m running a 72 hour free ebook promotion on Amazon for my book Appalachian Trail Happiness. Promotion starts this … Continue reading
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Happiness can be a Rollercoaster
Happiness can be a Roller Coaster We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~ Frederick Keonig Ahh the best laid … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, be happy, happiness, hiking, PCT, positivity, wisdom
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Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend
Sometimes You Just Need a Weekend There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. ~ Alan Cohen Over the last couple of weeks I’ve detailed that I’ve been struggling a bit lately. … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, corned beef, happiness, havasu falls, hiking, irish, relaxation, st. patrick's day
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Trail Family Meeting on the Appalachian Trail
Trail Family Meeting on the Appalachian Trail Only one who wanders finds a new path ~ Norwegian Proverb So as I posted recently my friend Awesome is thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. We hiked together on the AT back in 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, awesome, backpacking, family, happiness, hiking, travel
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Appalachian Trail Happiness
Appalachian Trail Happiness The clearest way into the universe is through a forest of wilderness ~ John Muir So I’m happy to announce that my book is live and on sale on Amazon, the link is below: Appalachian Trail Happiness … Continue reading
Awesome on the Appalachian Trail
Awesome on the Appalachian Trail Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~Winston Churchill Today a really special post, it’s the earliest part of thru-hiking season on the Appalachian Trail (AT) … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, appalachian trail, backpacking, happiness, hiking, photography, travel
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Hello 2017 – Here’s to Happiness in the New Year
Hello 2017 – Here’s to Happiness & Joy in the New Year Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. ~ … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, appalachian trail, coca-cola, happiness, hiking, joy, postivity
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