What are the most promising journals for 2008?

[Flinx]

Just wanted to start a thread so people can be aware of any outstanding journals for the 2008 season....funny ones, informative ones, detailed ...etc

Enjoyed quite a few from last season.... i'm keeping an eye on this one, could be intereting.. http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=6363

[Marta]

So far I'm enjoying Stumpknocker's, Sgt. Rock's (of course!), and Skittles'.

[Almost There]

For the best section hike,and a possible thru hike journal(not claiming the best here) check out this one, this guys got it all!!!

http://www.trailjournals.com/almostthere/

He leaves on June 10th SOBO. He's a real sick, piece of work!!!

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Besides Rock, Stumpknocker and Skittles I plan to watch Kirby, Survivor Dave, Wrongway 08 and Roots.

[dessertrat]

I plan to watch Wildcowboy.

[warraghiyagey]

I plan to watch Wildcowboy.

Has the potential to be interesting.

[warraghiyagey]

Although, not sure there will be time to journal.

[corialice81]

You guys really get into these trail journals...that is very interesting to me...

[gungho]

Besides Rock, Stumpknocker and Skittles I plan to watch Survivor Dave, Wrongway 08 and Roots.

Hey you stole my thunder

[A-Train]

Been following Skittles thus far. Saw Yeti's today-pretty simple, short and to the point, with a few interesting thoughts floating.

Haven't looked too far ahead yet, but will probably find some PCTers to follow, and WB's Wrongway 08, Kirby and others.

Doesn't seem like much CDT activity yet on trailjournals.

Have checked Rock's, but with the almost HOURLY updates on this site, no real reason to check his progress there.

A short note to journalers this year. Ultimately it's your journal, so do whatever you want, don't try to please your audience. However, brevity goes a long way in an effective journal. I wanted to keep a record of EVERYTHING that happened and ended up yammering on about so much boring crap that it took away from the interesting/powerful things I may have possesed. Plus keeping it direct and brief gives way to good daily momentum, and readership (which completely goes against what I originally wrote).

Just something to think about.

[Marta]

You guys really get into these trail journals...that is very interesting to me...

There are several ways to get into Trail Journals. One is when you're planning to hike a particular trail yourself, and read some TJs to see what sort of problems someone who has already done it has had, hoping that maybe you can avoid that problem. Another is that you find a really good writer, whose journal is worth reading as if it were a newspaper serial. Last, but definitely not least, it's fun to follow your friends, acquaintances, and sometimes friends of friends on their hikes.

[Almost There]

Yeah, Survivor lives ten minutes from me, I gotta get together with him for a beer before he leaves, Dave, you don't need to send me a PM...I know!

[Almost There]

BTW, it's hard to tell who has the best until they start hiking, right now I'm keeping up with about 15-20, it's easy once you're up to date. I've read all of Stumpy's journals, reading Rocks, Survivor's, have to check out Skittles, and I'm following numerous others.

[corialice81]

wow, this makes me slightly nervous to post my trail journals. I'll be double checking for typos and hoping that I'm not too boring . I plan on keeping one to involve my family and friends back home but I didn't realize other people might be reading as well.

[GGS2]

Besides Rock, Stumpknocker and Skittles I plan to watch Survivor Dave, Wrongway 08 and Roots.

Now FD, I can't believe you left out Kirby. Have you seen his journal? That boy is CUTE! (Sorry Kirby. Don't mind me. I was young once, too. A long time ago.)

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

::: Dino Blushes and adds Kirby :::

[Almost There]

::: Dino Blushes and adds Kirby :::

Dino, that's just wrong!!! You're too old for him!...and besides you're married!!!

[Appalachian Tater]

I bookmarked Kirby as well. He tells it like it is.

[warraghiyagey]

...and besides you're married!!!

Married?? . . . Crap.

[tazie]

The mom in me says they'll all be special in their own way, but I'll keep an eye on wrongway08, go team Maryland(!), roots because that sisterhood-of-traveling-hiking-pants-whoo-hoo and she gave me such a warm welcome here, and Kirby because I did promise him a sub sandwich in MD.