by toby | Oct 16, 2012 | Life
A whole new kind of hot me in a backpack Yes I'm wearing the real thing trial run as we are Training for a Big Hike and a mighty hot piece of equipment it is too. puff and huff sweat all over stuff This is fun, we tell ourselves like a mantra. Couple more days until...
by toby | Oct 15, 2012 | Life
A five mile hike ending in a bag of peas began this way: Training for a big hike Takes trespassing At least the way we Do it. Getting Elevation on the golf course We go our longest route five miles with Breakfast at the country club As a reward. At home Knees, hips...
by toby | Oct 13, 2012 | Life
Training sled dogs in Hawaii (Day Three of Training for a Big Hike.) I have two dogs and they are eager to hike, in fact they like to think they tow me like something more than the thirteen-pound yappers they are. It's me training alone today as Mike perches on the...
by toby | Oct 11, 2012 | Life
There's a peacock on your railing. Day Two (see Training for a Big Hike post) There's a peacock on the railing of the house next door as we walk by on our trianing hike Beady eyes Horrible screech like Ghost babies wailing in hell Looks like Thanksgiving might Come...
by toby | Oct 11, 2012 | Life
Training for a big hike: Day One. (See previous post for what the heck this is about.) Training for the Crater hike Through cane fields straight downhill there must be a bottom down here, somewhere! Two small dogs, one tall husband And a fear of fire. What is that...
by toby | Oct 10, 2012 | Life
Training for a big hike. Yes, that's what Mike and I are doing. Sort of. Haphazardly. But to back up, I must set the scene. We live on the side of a dormant volcano (always a situation to be considered with respect) with world-famous hikes through a national park in...