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Whew - today's training hike was interesting! Unfamiliar trails and recent snow made for some interesting hiking! Lessons learned: When in doubt ... GO SLOW. And my friend Sue gave me her hand warmers (they still had some life left in them after she ran this morning) - what a difference!!! The little bit of extra heat kept my fingers from going numb from the wind chill - wooHOO!! I hope I won't need hand warmers in April/May ... but they are so lite it can't hurt to take along a couple.
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...here I am, on the iPhone pecking away at a stretched out editor screen. It is already less frustrating than Blogger for iOS.

I have a blogspot blog that I have a hard time keeping up with but it doesn't get any comments. This place looks like a better source for feedback so here I am. I haven't found a way to update this on a mobile platform (iPhone 5s) so this may get quiet when I am doing shakedown hikes or otherwise off the grid.

The blog is at www.BillCarlinOFR.blogspot.com

Back to lurking...

Well I am 3 months away from setting off on what is sure to be the grandest adventure that I have ever attempted. For those who are not yet up to speed on my plans, I am going to be doing a flip-flop hike of the Appalachian Trail starting in May. The trail stretches from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, Maine. A flip-flop hike is one where you start somewhere in the middle, hike to one end, then flip back to your start and hike to the other end. In my case I am starting from Harper's ...

"Sometimes I see me as an old manatee
Heading south as the waters grow colder
He tries to steer clear of the hum drum so near
It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulders
That's how it flows right to the end
His body's still flexible but that
Barnacle brain don't bend
I'm growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
So let the winds of change blow over my head
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" ...