Trail Journals?

[Arden]

Hey guys;
Where do you all post your trail journals? I mean, is there a website where I can read some thru or section hiker logs?

Do you post while you're on the trail, or write them on paper, then transcribe or scan them when you get to a computer?

I realize that with a lot of the new phones, you can write an entire journal on it, but mine is too cumbersome for that. I figure I would take paper journal books and mail them back home as I fill them up.

Journaling has always been one of my favorite trail activities, but I've never published anything online.

Thanks

Arden

[Mountain Wildman]

Doing my Thru-Hike of the A.T. next year.
This is a popular journal site:http://www.trailjournals.com/index.cfm

[garlic08]

Or postholer.com

[Spokes]

I combined several journal options and got good reviews from followers. The ones used were http://www.trailphone.com (http://www.trailphone.com/spokes) (written), http://trailphone.net (http://trailphone.net/hiker/14593/) (audio), and http://www.YouTube.com (video).

My experience was most people seemed to like the audio component for some reason.
Perhaps it was the novelty aspect (?).

[sbhikes]

I used blogger one year. The next I used trailjournals. I kept a paper journal and when I got to a trail town with internet access, I'd find a computer (coffeehouses, hotels, trail angel's houses) and write my online journal, mostly just from memory and not a direct transcription.

[HeartWalker]

Here is mine on Trailjournals
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=295108 HeartWalker

[Spokes]

I combined several journal options and got good reviews from followers. The ones used were http://www.trailjournals.com (http://www.trailjournals.com/spokes) (written), http://trailphone.net (http://trailphone.net/hiker/14593/) (audio), and http://www.YouTube.com (video).

My experience was most people seemed to like the audio component for some reason.
Perhaps it was the novelty aspect (?).

Listed the wrong link for trailjournals in the original post- it's corrected in the above quote box.

[Arden]

I might be using my Sony Clie (Palm OS), but its battery is dead (again, won't take a charge), and replacement is nearly $50! Can buy a lot of trail stuff for that much money.

I think what I will do (if and when I do a section of thru-hike) is to use a notebook, then write what I have written on paper into one of the online journal sites when I get to a library or other internet access.

Sometimes I enjoy re-writing (usually in MS Word) my paper journals months after the hike is done. It brings back the thoughts I had while on the trail, and often gives me a new perspective on the hike.

Arden