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We went to a minor leage ball game on Friday - our single A Tigers affiliate vs Dayton. It was a group outing hosted by our university. So we had a private deck for the group right on the left field fence. In the 3rd inning, one of the home players hit a home run ball commig right at me. I stand, follow it as it comes in, but sails just a few feet over me and was caught bare handed by the guy behind me. It's the closest I've ever come to catching a HR ball. Many years ago, in the same ball park,…

I have often wondered why when there is some natural disaster they spend millions od dollars to airlift or truck in tons and tons of bottled water when they could for a fraction of the cost hand out water filters.

Our power went out this evening. The utility company's web site days it's a small local outage that should be fixed by midnight. But my wife asks "How will I boil water to make tea tonight?" I ask "Seriously? You don't recall I have spent the last 10 years making homemade alcohol stoves?" Next it will be the 0.1 Micron filter for the water boil advisory.

The origin of this term is from the railroad. Since trains can't make a u-turn like cars or people, they would stop, throw a switch, and back up a different track going up. The keep repeating until the get to the top.

whose planning to do the TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc)? This is what it looks like from 30,000 ft, 100 miles away. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16645/

Took a walk (about a mile total out and back) through a lovely nature preserve along the Gardon gorge. Most noteworthy is it took us under the largest Roman aqueduct. Now a. Now there's something you don't see every day! Now nearly 2000 years old. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16642/

I took this panorama (click.pc to see it all. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16630/

Quote from StalkingTortoise: “Heading out this weekend to walk steps at a local park in preparation for my early July hike in the Alps.... ” Are you still going to see the Palio in Siena? I'm so jealous. We had lunch at a Café on the Campo. Siena is a beautiful town. We are off the Povence next week, but not for hiking.

Quote from rhjanes: “It's when it has rained for 8 days and nights, your feet are water logged, you ran out of food, your girlfriend ran off with your best friend, took the dog and your truck done got repossessed. ” That there is funny. I'm thinking "Comic" for a trail name.

I too am prone to toe nail problems. I always pack a nail clipper.

Quote from max.patch: “I know what they're looking for, but none of the answers given are correct. ” yup. My tought too.

Quote from Astro: “Also gives you a solid goal and an incentive to not bail early. ” especially since my car will always have a post-hike bag of potato chips.

Quote from LIhikers: “Well, maybe I'll take a look once our hike gets us to Georgia....Not. We've already decided that if we move it'll have to be to someplace with a winter that is likely have snow and cold weather. ” west MI fits the bill. I'll sell my house for 900K$

We were on our walk today at MacGregor Point Provincial Park today. I was using my phone to ID bird songs with the Merlin App when a Black Capped Chickadee landed on my phone. Scared the crap out of me. The bird and I both survived.

Did a two mile walk through MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Ontario. It was supposed to be for bird watching (it's migration season and a big birding festival was going on) but we saw few birds. There were lots of nice wildflowers (lady slipper, columbine, pitcher plant fen). The lake is always pretty. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16618/appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16619/appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Attachment/16621/appalachiantrailcafe.net/index.php/Atta…

that story was covered in my AT History book, but I forgot how it ended up.

Quote from hikerboy: “Have them shuttle you to Jo-Mary Rd. ” there are two trailheads in that area. I don't recall the name of the other but it's a little further south. That is also a possibility. I was trying to decide how many miles per day to plan on for that section. I have 5 days to get to KSC. On paper, that section looks easy (i.e. not much elevation change).

Mega Bev had a good supply, vut they had a limit of 1 per customer. Total Wine had one bottle od Sazerac, until i got it.

you can reserve 4 months out. On line you only see one week at a time. Click the date at the top of the reservation screen to get a calendar. Select the date you want to see. Also select the campground you want. Scroll down to see availability.. If you go too far out you see an icon that says those dates not yet reservable. In this screenshot I set it to search starting Sep 15 at KSC. It is showing site 1 is not available on the 15th, available on the 16th, but not reservable on the 17th as that…

I started drinking BT few years ago before it got hip and trendy. There was a whole pile of it by the check out line. It was in my price range so I tried it. Right after that it became hard to find. I did find a bottle recently, along with a bottle of Sazarac.