The midnight train to Boston cost $11 and I only had $7 in my pocket. “How much is it?” I asked the conductor who looked like he needed a nap. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. And with that, the impossible just became possible. A last minute decision, a cheap flight, and I arrive in […]
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Sunflower, Arizona
How far can you go before the world comes back? I left the East Verde River just before sunset, climbing into the Mazatals with wet clothes cooling on my skin. Three thousand feet of elevation ahead, stretched together in fading light. A disco remix in my bone conduction headphones gave my legs a rhythm that […]
On Trail Zero
Why does stopping feel wrong before it feels right? I planned to keep moving. That was the default. Miles meant progress. Progress meant I was doing it correctly. But I reached the East Verde River at sunset and didn’t feel like earning anything else that day. I cowboy camped between two fallen logs, more as […]
Road Walk to Christmas, Florida
It was Christmas Eve and I’d failed to get a nap in at Hurky Huffman/Bull Creek WMA. I couldn’t fall asleep because I kept watching the traffic on on US 192. The idea was that we’d night hike the road walk into Christmas, and doing it overnight instead of sleeping would mean less traffic. Only […]
Legends of Superior Trail
LOST, Legends of Superior Trail connecting the town of Superior with the Arizona Trail. Waiting on some mail so I’m just going to walk it back and forth for a couple of days and cowboy camp under the stars watching the Big Dipper circle around the North Star. #AZT #cowboycamping
San Jacinto Cowboy Camping
What a fantastic night! Hiked the PCT partway up San Jacinto, not as far as I’d hoped but I had a painful blister from the hole in my toe socks. I’d drained some of it yesterday morning but it came back with a vengeance. I cowboy camped 150 ft west of the water faucet off […]