Wednesday, January 1, 2025 6:00 pm

Returning to the southern hemisphere, my next long-distance hike is Australia’s Great South West Walk, a 262-kilometer trail located along the southern coast near Portland, Victoria.

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Sunday, December 15, 2024 6:36 pm

The Massanutten Trail was a nice week-long hike in the Appalachian Mountains. Now that I’ve had time to reflect on the trail, I have some closing thoughts.

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View from Signal Knob
Sunday, November 24, 2024 7:15 pm
Location: Signal Knob Trailhead (70.7 miles)

One last day on the Massanutten Trail brought us back to the Signal Knob Trailhead, where we started five days ago.

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Woodstock Viewpoint
Saturday, November 23, 2024 8:06 pm
Location: Mudhole Gap Campground (62.4 miles)

It was still cold this morning, but it definitely felt warmer than yesterday. CareFree and I were able to take advantage of that (and our 6 am alarm) and our need to hike 17 miles today to the Mudhole Gap Campground to get started shortly before 8 am.

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Kerns Mountain View
Friday, November 22, 2024 7:19 pm
Location: Short Mountain Abandoned Road (45.0 miles)

It was quite cold this morning, which had a predictably poor effect on our motivation to quickly get out of our tent. The cold front that had started to blow in yesterday was definitely here in full force, and we huddled in our sleeping bags trying to warm up much longer than planned.

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