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Happy and Healthy New Year to all ATcafers! Went to mass and will be watching the Rose Parade! then maybe to the gym or else a brisk walk.

Congrats Elf! Very happy news and you got the 2019 tax deduction.

It's unseasonably, unseasonably warm here in Metropolitan Detroit. It's been in the high 40's, low 50's for the past 4 days and supposed to continue through Sunday. The high tomorrow is actually supposed to be 57. Our normal high at this time is right around freezing. I served snowflake pasta for dinner on Monday thinking it would complement the snow outside. We haven't seen snow since November.

Quote from Astro: “Campus is pretty this time of year. This is where my youngest son will be getting married in a few weeks. ” That is gorgeous. Perhaps his upcoming wedding is why the young guy helped you with raking leaves this fall; got to spend quality time with Dad; might not happen much in future.

Quote from odd man out: “I have no problem teaching patriotic songs to the next generation. There are plenty of good arguments to support that. But I do not think people should label those who disagree as "country-haters". It is the first page of the dictator's playbook. First you get "duly elected" by appealing to love of country and the fear of outsiders. Then you equate opposing viewpoints to hating your country. Thus opponents become traitors to be eliminated. Once you have eliminated the op…

Quote from odd man out: “Quote from Astro: “Quote from max.patch: “hike the AT and earn college credit. at first glance i thot it was silly...but then i remembered i got college credit for bowling...so what the heck. go for it. lonelyplanet.com/articles/coll…LKbMKGF8tKIhZeRb6alvRJWX8 ” Beat me to posting this.I wonder these credits will stack up against the new federal aid rules about credits being part of your degree plan. ” they seem to be making this more than hiking. It says an academic plan…

Quote from Trillium: “So, after our vacation at the cottage where the meals were a bit on the decadent indulgent side, I have given up desserts, drinking my favorite Orange Cappuccino and most products with more than just a tad of sugar. It's been 3 weeks and I'm doing pretty good so far. Yesterday I saw Brittany Runs a Marathon and it was very inspirational so I'm doubling my efforts to work out, walk and hike! (But not run, I have less than zero intention to run, much less a marathon) ” As I w…

Quote from IMScotty: “Dreading the family Thanksgiving dinner ” Thank you for revisiting this thread. I truly enjoyed reading what I wrote 5 years ago (before Mom passed). Quote from odd man out: “We go to a friend's house for Thanksgiving every year. Each person in the group gets a cooking assignment. Every year I am required to bring the stuffing and pecan pie. For the stuffing recipe I just improvise. For the pie, I have for decades made this one, which is probably the best pecan pie recipe o…

started snowing around midnight; supposed to get 6 inches today; tomorrow is supposed to be a wind chill around 0°.

Had tears running down my face for at least 1/2 hour last night as I learned right when I turned the tv on to watch my Spartans, that Zachary Winston, 19 yr old brother of our All American and preseason National Player of the Year, Cassius Winston, died Saturday night after he walked in front of a train on his Albion University campus. The young man was a sophomore PG on the Albion team. Last year he and his roommate were harrassed for being black. I don't know if it continued but the young man …

Well, I ended up having a terrific time!!! So, Muchas Gracias to all you great Cafe walker/posters!!! Hiked 4.3 miles at Proud Lake State Recreation Area appalachiantrailcafe.net/index…de8ac493d1958b529069e50cc Not sure if there were any hunters out and about but wore the very colorful balaclava that my husband gave me last Christmas. When I opened the gift, I thought WTF because it was so garish but I wasn't thinking ahead to hiking during hunting season. appalachiantrailcafe.net/index…de8ac493…

Quote from Astro: “Had the chance to walk a little on the AT today around Wayah Bald Fire Tower. ” I'm so glad that even though I only have half hour to get ready to meet up with some friends, that I came to this thread. Supposed to go hiking and I just was not motivated at all, but this page has me chomping at the bit. Thanks fellow hikers! My sister wants me to hike with her in late March in KY but I'm totally rethinking that as MARCH MADNESS!!! And your pics have me thinking that if my team g…

Not sure who that is; possibly TrainWreck?

Quote from odd man out: “So what is the most extreme downhill ride? I once read that the ride from the summit of Haleakala (Maui) to the ocean was the only place you could bike from 10,000 feet above sea level to the ocean on 35 miles of paved public roads. They used to have tours that would take you up and you coast back down, but the National Park now doesn't allow that anymore so the commercial excursions now have to start at the park entrance (6300 ft). However the park service doesn't preve…

Quote from CoachLou: “But, both Wednesdays I've been at Huts it was Pulled Pork, both times. '18' at Lakes and 2 weeks ago at Carter Notch. ” That settles it, if I ever hike in the Whites, I'm definitely going to stay at a hut on Wednesdays! Who doesn't love some good Pulled Pork?

Happy Belated Astro! So, I scrolled up to the top of the page just to see if I had missed anything from before Coach's post on Friday and was kind of saddened to see how many posters don't appear to haven't posted in over a year. The first one was hikerboy and of course, except for one sort of recent post, he hasn't posted in a number of years. The others were: A.T. Lt JimBlue Another Kevin Socks Dan76 I know I didn't post or even visit for awhile after my section in May and lately I've only bee…

"Adam’s writing style was eviscerating but in a special way: you could see his passion and you liked him, even as he cut you down." Wow; great description of his responses to Warren Doyle on WhiteBlaze. Well, I wrote the above after reading just the first few paragraphs. Just read the part about Doyle and threw up in my mouth a little bit. And to Warren I say "kind of the pot calling the kettle black" when he says that Jack was responsible for clannishness. His whole hiking academy peeps are pre…

Quote from Traffic Jam: “I let this one win too. ” I doubt that this one would have put up much of a fight but I gave it a wide berth regardless.appalachiantrailcafe.net/index…de8ac493d1958b529069e50cc Seen on my short section in VA several miles south of Daleville on May 22.

Quote from max.patch: “wow! ” We accountants think alike as my first thought was WOW! Good suggestion Astro. Scotty, you might try seeing if you could take it to one of those PBS shows where they give the value of stuff. American Roadshow, maybe???

Quote from max.patch: “Jeffrey Epstein, the millionaire financier and accused sex trafficker, is dead by apparent suicide, according to three officials familiar with the matter. The officials told NBC News that Epstein was found at 7:30 a.m. ET at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, a federal jail in Manhattan, and that he apparently hanged himself. gotta ask the obvious...erotic asphyxiation? ” It was reported that he was supposed to be checked on approximately every 3 hrs and tha…