It couldn’t have been worse. A co-worker invited me to her in-office baby shower held during lunch break. I arrived 15 minutes late and immediately regretted accepting the invitation. The woman-only crowd was deep into corny “baby shower games.” I gamely tried to fit in during the “baby trivia” game. However, when someone passed around... Continue Reading →

In case you all were worried, we did survive the frozen wastes of central Shenandoah during the ~Polar Vortex~ a couple weeks ago! We originally planned on trekking out to the Pocohantas trail in West Virginia, but due to a snowy forecast during the week I chose to opt for a shorter drive this weekend... Continue Reading →

I was looking forward to this trip for months. Andrew (“Camel”) posted a point-to-point hike on the Appalachian Trail (“AT”) from Dragon’s Tooth to Pearisburg, all just west of Roanoke, Virginia. This is one of my only two missing pieces of the AT in Virginia. It also filled a four-day weekend in the Fall since... Continue Reading →

“Where exactly was the last big climb? Could I have already climbed it?” After backpacking a continuous 39 miles almost nonstop, I was understandably tired, and my reasoning was fatigue-compromised. Moments ago, I had left the last of two hiker challenge checkpoints, and the Pennsylvania finish line was only five miles away. I had hiked... Continue Reading →