Speck In The Woods

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Finally Rocking and Rolling and Then….

March 26 – March 29 Miles hiked: 40.8 Total miles hiked: 158.3 in 9 hiking days So we got off trail in Colossal Cave because of the “historical record-breaking heatwave” and took an Uber to Tucson. We stayed at Davis-Monthan…

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🥵🥵🥵

March 22-March 25 Patagonia to Colossal Cave Miles hiked in 3.5 days: 65 Total miles hiked 117.5 One of my hiking partners. Assassin, had 2 of her young friends join us to hike out of Patagonia a day and night…

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Moving on Down the Road

It’s time!! Gotta get moving. Heading out this morning. Temps are suppose to be back down in the low 90’s which we think and hope is at an acceptable risk level, so no more sitting around. We’ve got ground to…

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Is She Mad At Me? 🤷‍♀️

Well…..Mother Nature has it in for me I guess. 🤪. Seems wherever I go, I bring some kind of record cold, heat, rain or even a bomb cyclone!! Went to California last year and within an hour of getting there,…

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Geez Louise — It’s An Oven Out Here

March 14-17  -Border of Mexico to Patagonia, AZ -Miles hiked: 52.5 miles in 3.5 days -Total miles hiked: 52.5 + 1.8 off trail Taking a nero and maybe a zero in Patagonia (means only hiking part of the day) This…

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Made it to Tucson

March 12 Not much to share about this travel day.  Left Atlanta at 10:50 am on Delta flight to Tucson. Long TSA line to get through security, but pretty uneventful getting to and out of Atlanta airport.  Arrived in Tucson and took…

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Time To Go

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Answer Me This

Just jumping on here to answer a few questions I’ve been asked lately.  •Are you hiking alone?                               No. I will not be hiking alone. I…

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T-Minus 6 Weeks

The countdown begins. T minus 6 weeks. I need to be training but I’ll be in flatland Florida for the next 4 weeks, so…. it will be what it will be. 😳 Planning resupplies is quite a chore. Imagine having…

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And now, on to the Arizona Trail

Gearing up to hit the Arizona Trail, also known as the AZT, in March, 2026. The AZT is approximately 800 miles with the southern terminus at the Mexico/Arizona border and the northern terminus at the Arizona/Utah border. I will be…

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