Moving on….

After a winter spent selling the house, I think we are about to wrap this thing up. We close on the 28th and then take off with a large truck full of possessions. Almost everything will be staying in the in-laws garage in Mo. My daughter-in-law and I will then head out, each with a car filled with a carefully selected assortment of personal and household goods, to their new apartment in SE Portland.

just watching

I’ve been watching a lot of videos lately; 3-5 a day. Lots of documentaries, Coehn brothers, and Christopher Guest. I watched a documentary last night called ‘Cinemania’ , about these strange people that watch movies all day every day.  I guess I may be becoming a videomanic….I’m ready to move on to something different.

What I’m watching

I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries lately: There is sequel out to the documentary “The Selling of a Serial Killer” It’s called ” Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer”. It takes the story up to her execution. Sad but a good documentary.

I also recommend “Spellbound” a documentary about the national spelling bee.

Another documentary was “A Class Divided” it’s an update and includes original footage from ” The Eye of the Storm” a documentary about a 3rd grade teacher that divides her class by the color of their eyes to teach them about racial hatred. It’s available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html


set back

me on the couch

I went back to my cabin to recuperate for awhile. I had an accident with a ladder and broke my ankle, so, I spent the whole summer on my couch or on my hammock. It wasn’t a bad summer.

I’m in Florida, now, helping to sell my son’s house. http://tampa.craigslist.org/rfs/51534576.html

My ankle is still swollen and doesn’t feel right. A doctor told me it will be a year before it’s right. Most of the stuff I’m reading say it won’t be right till the hardware is removed.

Not sure if a hike will be happening this coming summer. Not even sure what this winter will bring.

all fixed up

I have been hanging out in the Northwest waiting for my box of maps to catch up to me. My tent is now fixed as is my sleeping bag, and pants. I have a new pack, flashlight, hat and music player. Some days a feel alot better. Some days not. I will problally hike around for awhile while I wait for my box to get here. My sister said she would take me to the trailhead.

On the CDT

I finally made it to the CDT. I have spent the first two weeks sick and lost most of the time. I’m really happy to have a GPS and wouldn’t want to do this trail without one.

The solitude and quiet on this trail have been great. It’s like having the whole world to my self. I’m hiking slow and not at all worried about finishing. What I don’t get this year I will get another year. I’m just enjoying the “trail”. I say “trail” cause it’s not really a trail like the PCT and the AT are. You just sort pick a route, try to follow it and if you get lost just pick a direction and follow that.

I might start hiking south after the snow melts because I’m having a really hard time following Jim Wolfs’ guides going north.

The water is the worst I have ever drank. Green stagnate cow troughs with feathers and bugs floating in it. The water is thick like there is a lot of saliva in it.