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My, how time flies! It’s been a year since writing about breaking me ankle . Tip of the ole hat across the pond to Simone for nudging me into an update. Surgery went well with Doc carving in a titanium plate and nine screws. May have been a bit of overkill but he honored my wishes to be able to do “ everything I did before” with a bionic ankle. The hardest part of it all was the sitting around…
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My travels have come to a temporary end. I was hiking the Narrows trail along the Rockcastle river in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest, slipped off the edge of the trail and broke me ankle. There was no cell phone service so I ended up butt-crawling a ways on the trail (crutches I hacked together made things worse with weak wood out there) until I finally raised a faint signal. Texted 911…
Altitude 508.58 ft Summersville, WV 84°F (feels 88°F) Partly Cloudy (wind 2.2 mph) Back to civilization for hot showers and laundry. Managed to snag a first-come first-served spacious lakefront spot amidst big rigs all over. Nice to have ducks for company on Summersville lake which feeds the famous Gurley river. (Reply or view comments)
Altitude 347.15 ft Buchanan, VA 86°F (feels 91°F) Sunny (wind 2.5 mph) View from my backyard in a hammock. Very peaceful and refreshing. There’s a little waterfall on the right if you look closely. Am in base of Blue Ridge mountains and close to Appalachian trail which I walked a bit of for kicks. (Reply or view comments)
Altitude 298.116 ft Bassett, VA 79°F (feels 80°F) Cloudy (wind 3.9 mph) …on Philpott lake in Virginia near Blue Ridge mountains. Another packed Corps of Engineers campground; will be nice to hit a quiet national forest up next. (Reply or view comments)
Altitude 316.546 ft Wilkesboro, NC 77°F (feels 79°F) Mostly Cloudy (wind 5.1 mph) A nice respite for hot showers and electricity to charge everything up including me travel sore body. Summer rains make it nice and cool up here. (Reply or view comments)
Altitude 135.204 ft , SC 86°F (feels 87°F) Cloudy (wind 1.9 mph) …in Sumter National Forest. New journey on way to Nova Scotia, Canada or bust! (Reply or view comments)
You may have noticed I haven’t been traveling as much these past few months. While crossing the desert in Arizona last year, a thought popped into my mind — my dad is getting on in his years as he reaches his mid-80s and I ought to be around him more while he’s still here. Same for mom and the inescapable fading of her memory. I have the rest of my life to wander all I want and I’ll still take…
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Altitude 56.153 ft Nicholls, GA 92°F (feels 99°F) Sunny (wind 3.9 mph) An old farm that was given to the state and turned into a living history park replete with beautifully restored historic buildings. (Reply or view comments)
Altitude 103.486 ft Lincolnton, GA 91°F (feels 95°F) Sunny (wind 6.5 mph) Beautiful and quiet spot in a 2,500 acre peninsula of natural goodness, beaches and 20 some miles of trails (Reply or view comments)
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Altitude 200.138 ft Hartwell, GA 80°F (feels 81°F) Cloudy (wind 5.5 mph) Nice little break from the wild to recharge batteries and yes - much needed HOT showers - at a COE campground on Hartwell lake. (Reply or view comments)
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Altitude 101.529 ft McCormick, SC 85°F (feels 86°F) Isolated Thunderstorms (wind 4.1 mph) ’ ’twas a dark and stormy afternoon on the Savannah river. But a perfect place with enough privacy for a skinny dip in cool waters. (Reply or view comments)
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