Almost go time. The next time you hear from me it'll likely be from the trail somewhere. Deep Woods and his brother-in-law are just about set. We'll all meet up in Abingdon, VA the night before we make the quick trip to Mt Rogers Outfitters in Damascus to catch our shuttle. The elevation profile for … Continue reading To The Mountains We Go!
I've never carried camp shoes and swore I never would. Personally, I never felt the need to wear anything around camp besides the shoes I hike in. However, we're staying in two different hostels this year and I figured that it would only be proper to do my part in keeping things as clean as … Continue reading Foamy Footwear
Well, yesterday was April 1st and we got a couple of inches of snow. Prior to that, we had rain for days on end. Rain has been coming down today and snow showers are expected by the end of the week. Ughhh. Hopefully all of the crappy weather will be behind us before we hit … Continue reading Things are Heatin’ Up!
A brief update on what's been going on and what we have coming up. No more news as of yet from SLU with respect to the results of the evaluation for DBS. I have an appointment with them next month and I imagine that they'll tell me that physically I'm a candidate but mentally I'm … Continue reading Countin’ The Days…
Regardless of all the "To Be Determined" stuff from my last post, I figured that one way or another I'll still be backpacking. I'm always keeping an eye out for, and mulling over ways to shed ounces off what I'm ultimately having to move up the trail. Naturally, if you're carrying around extra POUNDS of … Continue reading One Filter to Rule Them All?
MRI and consultation with the neurosurgeon at Saint Louis University Hospital to determine if I'm a candidate for DBS have been bumped out to January. For now I'm just doing some research and compiling questions prior to the consultation. As I mentioned in the last post, I have a lot of reservations about moving forward with … Continue reading SERENITY NOW!!!
Well, I had my initial evaluation for Essential Tremor treatment using DBS by one of the neurosurgeons at SLU (Saint Louis University) hospital and he has now referred me to the neurosurgeon that would actually perform the procedure. And they’re sending me to a neuropsychologist to make sure that I’m actually ok psychologically with proceeding … Continue reading An Essential Tremor Journey. Decisions, decisions…
While waiting for an opportunity to hit the trail again, I’ve been busy redoing things here. A new theme and simplified design. The favorites page, or “Fragrant Droppings”, as well as the accompanying albums have been updated. Don't expect professional quality photos. It's merely our way of keeping track of some interesting places we've been and … Continue reading A Fresh Face…With Some New Bags
Made it through the pics from the Shenandoah AT section hike a couple of weeks ago and put an album of those up. You can find that here. In the process I discovered that the time was off on Loonie's T5i. By approx 13 hrs! That made going through them a challenge when trying to … Continue reading Shenandoah Album is up!
We started our zero day at Big Meadows off with breakfast at the lodge and then headed over to the campground to do laundry. That accomplished, we hiked up to the summit of Blackrock and then spent the rest of the afternoon stuffing everything we could do without for the rest of the hike into … Continue reading Shenandoah National Park AT Section Hike: Days 5 – 9
