Daily Miles: 55 Total Miles: 129 Start Location: Hajapu-Ri End Location: Chungju City It rained hard last night for what seemed like a long time, and when we woke up, everything was in a cloud. I could barely make out the river and the hill behind us when I peered out of the tent, and […]
Daily Miles: 47 Total Miles: 74 Start: Itaewon, Seoul End: Hajapo-ri The day started out well as we made our way back to the 4 Rivers bike path. The sky looked better today and we could see blue patches of sky and stray rays of sunshine comming through the clouds, bouncing off the bike path
We woke up to cloudy skies and rain so naturally we decided to stay in Seoul one more day and night. We didn’t really get to do any tourist stuff here yesterday and it would probably have been a shame not to see the city to some degree. We are staying in a part of
Daily Miles: 27 Total Miles: 27 Start: Incheon End: Itaewon, Seoul I am a zombie today. We both woke up at around 2 AM which was around 2 PM biologically. The jet lag was real and intense and we both slept on and off for 4 more hours. At 6 AM the sky was turning
I arrived at the Portland Airport at 4:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, just as the Alamo rental car building opened up. It was drizzling as it tends to do a lot in Portland, and the ground was wet, as well as the air, which was damp and cool. I dropped the mini van off and
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I shot video for about a week of my Southern Tier trip before I decided to abandon that project to just focus on photography and writing. Anyway, I wanted to make something out of the footage that I did shoot and threw this short video together. It made me wish that I had continued shooting
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Today’s miles: 10.8 Total miles: 76.2 – the end! Camped: At a La Quinta in Tennessee Woke up this morning and had a short hike to the peak of Sassafras Mountain. Not surprisingly, I was the only one there just before 9am on a Monday morning. I was excited to get to this point and
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Today’s miles: 17 Total miles: 65.4 Camped: Boulder about a mile before Sassafras peak What a day. Slept well, heard the popping of the campfire a few sites over for awhile. Woke up to the popping of the same campfire. People love campfires. The day started with “heartbreak ridge”. The guy I passed going the
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Today’s miles: 16.1 Total miles: 48.4 Camped: Designated campsite on Southside of Toxaway Creek Most challenging day on the trail so far. I am pooped! Last night, I bear-ly sleeped. I was camped all alone and was so preoccupied by being attacked by a bear that I was really thrown for a loop when I
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Today’s miles: 15.9 Total miles: 32.3 Camped: Designated campsite just after side trail to Lower Whitewater Falls Woke up to freezing weather. I was toasty in my sleeping bag and did not want to get out. I slept pretty well and did not hear or see any animals whatsoever. I took a long time getting
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