Journaling the Trail

It's almost time to start my hike. I'm making last minute preparations, getting everything in order for the trip. On my AT hike, I carried a journal that I recorded a brief synopsis of my days. This hike, I plan to journal online at Trail Journals. Hopefully I'll be able to post many photos and journal in a bit more detail, mainly for myself, family, and friends.

I begin hiking on April 18th, but my journal will probably lag behind by a couple weeks. I'm not sure how often I will have access to a computer. I already have a few posts on my preparation for the hike, and my gear list. You should check out other hiker's journals. I'm sure many of them will be much more entertaining.

Slash and Hack

My nephew was visiting during spring break, and we decided we needed some wooden swords. So, I whipped a couple up out of some pine I had laying around. They were pretty beat up by the end of the week, but were really fun to use. They fit in really well with the movie we saw this week, How to Train Your Dragon, which was really fun. Next on the list are a couple of wooden shields, which will probably have to wait until after my hike.