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Quote from IMScotty: “Yup, and it looks like the BF is on the run ” or kill himself someplace where the body won't be found, which is doubly sucky.

Quote from Astro: “Quote from IMScotty: “Odd Man Out, Thanks for asking, it took me a while to figure things out. The Donation Tab is all set up and working, but no reason for anyone to worry about this, we had generous donations last year, and I am doing OK for now. Scott ” Just be sure to let us know a before you realy need it. ” Also, in case there are new people here, appreciate this cul de sac of the information superhighway is self supported by those of us who find refuge here.

Quote from IMScotty: “Just want to give a financial report and thank everyone for their generous donations. I am sorry if I do not thank you all individually, but some of you use your Hiker names on here, and when the donation comes in your real name, I am sometimes a little unsure who is who. Including a small donation from myself, the most recent donations came to $475. The yearly expenses for this site are $499.20, so I would say that is enough to keep the Cafe up and running for another year…

Quote from StalkingTortoise: “J&J put out a new release yesterday. The main point was that the single dose vaccine still offers excellent protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death, regardless of the Covid-19 virus variant. The secondary point was that testing of a booster showed that it resulted in a robust increase in antibody production. What did the national news outlets report on? The latter. For some reason, the media is trying to scare the population into thinking that e…

Quote from max.patch: “And the "reward" for hiking thru Georgia in the snow and cold rain of Jaunuary and February is hiking in New England in the middle of summer rather than fall. ” Just more evidence for why I am not obsessed with traditional/purist thru hike schedules. I've always wanted to invent the "coin flip flop thru hike". That's where you go to HF and flip a coin. Head you hike north to ME. Tails you hike south to GA. If when you look at the coin and feel disappointed in the outcome, …

Quote from max.patch: “Gronk sez...you ain't trading me to Detroit! twitter.com/i/status/1440118276093321218 ” I guess anything is better than playing for Detroit. BTW, Detroit did put together two really good halves. Unfortunately it was the second half of their first game and first half of their second game.

Quote from StalkingTortoise: “+1 on picking the seasons for each section. Here are a few factors to consider: - Typical hi / low temps - Water availability in late summer / early fall - Hunting seasons - Tourists - Black flies - Thru-hiker bubble - Foliage ” and Mud VT before Memorial day.

Nice. I love geographic oddities. I had not seen his one. Atlas Obscura is a good place to read about them. One of my favorites is Bir Tawil, said to be the only inhabitable place on earth that is not part of any country. Well, sort of. This assumes Bir Tawil is "inhabitable" (even though it's not inhabited) and Antarctica is uninhabitable (even though it's sort of inhabited). Bir Tawil is an 800 square mile bit of uninhabited, road-less desert on the border of Egypt and Sudan. But Egypt recogni…

Quote from Swillpcb: “Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply! I really like your idea of flip-flopping and matching the sections to the season. That was the information I am looking for. My reasons for hiking the trail this way, #1 I now have the time to make the trip the MOST enjoyable with no time constraints, #2 At 67 y/o I see no reason to punish my body the way a thru-hike would even though I’m in great physical shape and am used to spending weeks at a time hiking and canoeing. I’m exc…

Quote from IMScotty: “Here is a feel-good story from 'Down Under'. boston.com/news/world-news/202…an-bush/?p1=hp_featurebox ” Amazing all things considered. thrillist.com/travel/nation/th…that-will-try-to-kill-you

Quote from LIhikers: “I just ordered myself a new pair of shoes from REI. This past summer on our river to river hike the Oboz Sawtooth II shoes I wore self destructed. I was surprised as I've been wearing Oboz for years, with good success. I just ordered a pair of Oboz Tamaracks. I ordered Oboz again because they've always fit my feet well and I've always gotten good mileage out of each pair, except for these last ones. I'm hoping that the failure of the last pair is a one off event. Even thoug…

And in other new, Willard Scott, long time TV personality, dies Sep 4, 2021. google.com/amp/s/www.today.com/today/amp/tdna152927 Here's my Willard Scott story. When I was a kid, Willard was the weather man on our local TV station. He also played Bozo the Clown and did local McDonald's commercials, originating the Ronald McDonald character. One day, my dad was invited to be interviewed by Willard about his agriculture research for the local farm report that was broadcast early Saturday morning. I…

Quote from IMScotty: “... saw a great 'come from behind' Tigers win... ” Truly a once in a lifetime event

Cool. Wish I could afford an Airstream

You know what they say about what bears do in the woods. google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1277546 (Hidden Content)

No real news on this most baffling case. google.com/amp/s/amp.fresnobee…cal/article253770788.html

After four years, my little toes had poked holes out the sides of my old Saucony Peregrines, so I thought I was due for a new pair of trail runners. I thought the tread on the Peregrines were a little aggressive for everyday use (these are not just for hiking), so I went to our local shoe store and found they carried most of the top brands of running shoes. I looked at a number of reviews and surveys, and it seems that these days, the most popular and well reviewed trail runners are Altra Lone P…

Quote from max.patch: “Harvey Sutton, AKA "Little Man" completes 209 day AT thru hike last week, currently preparing for his next challenge which starts next week -- Kindergarten. usatoday.com/story/travel/2021…rail-skittles/8236644002/ ” I wonder if they will have "Show and Tell", or "What I did on my summer vacation" on his first day.

Quote from odd man out: “Quote from odd man out: “Quote from Astro: “Wish you well on your trip, hopefully everything goes as planned with no issues. ” Canada is really going downhill. They let us in. ” Tomorrow we will find out if the US will let us back in... ” My sister-in-law lives in Kincardine Ontario. This little town on Lake Huron has a nice network of trails running all over town tucked away in ravines between the housing subdivisions. I walked a mile on the trails from the house to the…

Quote from odd man out: “Quote from Astro: “Wish you well on your trip, hopefully everything goes as planned with no issues. ” Canada is really going downhill. They let us in. ” Tomorrow we will find out if the US will let us back in...