Trip: Pre-Turkey summer
There are [8] stories from my trip: Pre-Turkey summer
USA | Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [638] | Comments [1]
Leaving the truck in a grass lot among power station consultants’ cars, my dad and I backpacked up the Mattabesett trail from the Connecticut River. The first mile was probably the twistiest, criss-crossiest stretch of trail I’ve ever been on. ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking
USA | Thursday, 26 Jun 2008 | Views [489]
Waking up uncomfortably early, we were able to watch the mists coming out of the valleys maybe an hour after sunrise. One region sent up a tower of mist as the sunlight hit it. I like mist a lot, and the hills had that layered, mysterious look ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking
USA | Monday, 23 Jun 2008 | Views [454]
So, John and I dropped off his car at the Delaware Water Gap and headed north along the AT for his first backpacking trip. Hi John. The woods seemed all spring green, but that was because of the many tender ferns and blueberry bushes, and mostly ... Read more >
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USA | Sunday, 22 Jun 2008 | Views [363]
I bused down to New York from RI, which involved taking a tour past Yankee Stadium, Central Park, Harlem, some bus that said United States of America Ground Force One, ritzy car dealerships in Manhattan, and the distressing congestion leading into ... Read more >
Tags: public transportation
USA | Friday, 20 Jun 2008 | Views [493] | Comments [3]
Yeah, this is my hometown, but some of you have never been here. Driving home today, I was thinking about all the bits in life you do that no one knows about and that you forget about, and that your life disappears away. Not in a bad way, just a ... Read more >
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USA | Saturday, 14 Jun 2008 | Views [253] | Comments [1]
The first hot busy night I was in Louisiana, Neil took me to the Blue Moon Saloon. Turns out it's also a hostel that requires you to listen to a lot of live music. Ok, I haven't been in a ton of bars, being too solitary and cheap and procrastinating ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 14 Jun 2008 | Views [311]
Neil and I met up with Alan and Dawn, and their baby Iliana, in Lafayette, Lousiana. I know that's a ton of names to keep straight from one sentence. I also know that technically I didn't leave the country and it seems this website is geared toward ... Read more >
