Shakedown Trip #4 – Coming Soon

Actually it’s coming real soon – is in right now. I just got home from work and I’m about to leave for Shakedown Trip #4! Once again, you see why the last trip had to get posted quickly. Apparently, I blog better under pressure. I absolutely never want to go on a trip without having […]

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Shakedown Trip #3 – Day 3

The Priest Shelter to Montebello Fish Hatchery August 18, 2015 – Monday Good morning hikers and campers! Up and at’em! This may be too much information, (Thank you for listening to WTMI – Way Too Much Information) but whatever. If the readers can’t handle the truth, that’s not my problem. So, I woke up with […]

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Shakedown Trip #3 – Day 2

Harpers Creek Shelter to The Priest Shelter August 17, 2014 – Sunday Welcome back, the handful of visitors that are still here! First, a couple of notes regarding the previous Day 1 post: 1. I can’t believe I fouled this up, but that “Random rock-face” photo from Day 1 is NOT a random rock-face outcrop […]

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Shakedown Trip #3 – Day 1

Day 1: Reeds Gap to Harpers Creek Shelter August 16, 2014 – Saturday Ah, morning time in the tent… *Yaaaaaaawn* After waking, I turned on my computer phone, now freshly and fully charged thanks to my bad-ass portable recharger. I found the time to be 6:00am. This wasn’t actually my first wake up, however. One’s […]

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