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musings of a meanderer

Posted on May 7, 2014 by

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I spent a few childhood summers roaming the pastures of my grandparents farm with my brother and sister. We used to entertain ourselves by flinging manure from the freshest cow pies at each other, daring one another to touch the fence, just to see…

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hello from the top of the world, arctic lapland

Posted on March 13, 2014 by

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Seven days ago, a tornado ripped through Life As I Know It, shook things up in a snow globe fashion, and dropped me and a backpack overstuffed (like, really overstuffed) with Life Part Deux in Arctic Lapland. I’ve completed the Quit Your Day Job…

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road to nowhere

Posted on March 6, 2014 by

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Words are good. People laugh, cry, panic, smile, fight and fornicate over three little words, sometimes all in the same night. And words are powerful. People have started wars over words. But words married to music tell the story of souls, exposing our inner…

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Today I woke up in my own bed. I walked to the grocery store, made breakfast in my own kitchen, and drank coffee on my porch for hours, enjoying the 90° autumn weather. It's been the best day. PCT | SIERRAS | People sometimes looked at me like I was a crazy person when I'd say I was ready for the end of the trail. But it's not so much ready to be done hiking as it is excitement for what comes next, for the next adventure. One thing thru-hiking really does is help me appreciate my off-trail life, how fortunate I am, how good I have it. It's depressingly easy to lose sight of that. Headed back to Wisconsin today, and I couldn't be happier! PCT | Washington | Moments before we walked into a dark, wet cloud, and didn't walk out until the next morning. I can't complain though. We had rain 3 out of 125 days. PCT | Washington | The last few days in Washington were mesmerizing. PCT | Day 125 | Mile 2650.1 | 125 days ago I set off to see the wizard. Three states and 2650 miles later, I found some rotten wooden posts and two flags representing the US/Canadian border. That's when I remembered, wizards aren't real. At least not in the tall men with long white beards and flowy robes kind of way. The REAL wizard lives within us all. Duh. (We drank that champagne as we watched some men pour concrete in the metal monument that once stored the PCT log book. We were the last people to see it open. History, witnessed. Also, the helicopter pilot who flew them there declined my offer to accompany him to Canada, but you could tell he was thinking about it. It was a busy day at the border.) PCT | Day 122 | MAZAMA | A'right ya'll, I gotta tag Canada real quick, brb 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 PCT | Day 121 | Mile 2589 | Washington. What can I say...you've been a fickle lover. You gave us dozens of miles of dull overgrown forests, teased us with the beauty of Goat Rocks, only to shroud yourself in smoke, hiding your glory for days. Then you tortured us in a cold, wet misery, soaking everything we owned, right down to our souls. But then...then you smiled, welcomed us, showed your mountainous wonder, begged us not to leave as we approached Canada. Stay! Stay longer, you said. I'll give you 61 more miles, Washington. But then, then I'm gonna go watch a shit ton of Netflix. I usually try not to post more than one Instagram a day, but I don't know when I'll have service again and I have to wish @freetired the best of luck on his first Ironman this weekend! He's spent the past six weeks in a neck brace with a fractured vertebrae, unable to train much, but he's still competing because he's a badass. Sorry I can't be there to cheer you on, but GOOD LUCK!!!! PCT | Day 117 | LEAVENWORTH | It's been a tough hike filled with deep snow, impassable rivers, raging fires and thick smoke. But that's life. That's the trail. It's not always beautiful, filled with puppies and rainbows. It's not supposed to be. Because if it were, everyone would do it. (Because duh, puppies and rainbows.) It's filled with challenges and weirdness and obstacles and setbacks. I'm less than 200 miles from Canada, walking with this mindset: The only difference between an obstacle and adventure? Attitude. PCT | Day 116 | Mile 2460 | I'm sure Washington is beautiful, but Smoke has been our view for the past four days. It's amazing how it can fill all the spaces your eyes usually never even notice. Special thanks to all the firefighters out there fighting the good fight.
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