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Trail: Surprises
Today was the first bike ride on my growing trail. I did it, not simply to test it out, but because I was tired of lugging the cutting tools on my back and in my hands. I believe the term … Continue reading
Trail: Around the Bend
It was too cold to ride my bike much yesterday, so I ran my trail instead. When it warmed up a bit later in the day, I could not resist the call to go out and hack at it some … Continue reading
Major Trail Work Today
I managed to devote a solid three hours to the trail today. The day the tornadoes raked across this state, I had about a half-hour just to break down a large pile of dead-fall limbs, part of last winter’s ice … Continue reading
The Trail Continues
If the wooded area near here was bigger, more remote, it would be quiet there. When I’m out on the trails, I can hear dogs just a quarter-mile away, trucks a half-mile away, the occasional unmuffled motorcycle, and kids yelling. … Continue reading
Progress on the Fitness Trail
Some readers may be aware I had been working on carving a fitness trail through some woods near my home. The plan is to create a large loop over varied terrain, suitable to walking, running or cycling, but too narrow … Continue reading
Cycling Is Fun Again
For the past few weeks I’ve been having some trouble riding. Aside from frequent harsh cold snaps, I’ve been having some pretty bad swelling in my right knee — the one that has been rebuilt. I prefer to use natural … Continue reading
Jungle Stomping
Back when I first enlisted in the US Army (1979), I had been at my first assigned unit for only a few weeks when I found out a few of us were scheduled to make a trip to Panama for … Continue reading
More Trail Finding
The biblical perspective of natural resource use says people are the reason for Creation, and the most important part of it. That gives their needs precedence over just about everything else. That’s not the same as human whims and wishes. … Continue reading
Trail Finding
One of the numerous personality inventories I took when learning psychology and counseling left me with the label of “trailblazer.” There wasn’t room in the inventory to note that’s only an approximation. I don’t cut many paths through raw wilderness, … Continue reading