Boats
Crossing Riebnes from Vuonatjviken The lake freezes hard enough to drive dump trucks full of rocks across in the winter....Kvikkjokk
A long boat ride ahead Where in the world? Kungsleden is about 300km in the north of Sweden The church in Kvikkj...Vignettes of a hike through beauty
Don’t slip The swedish word for “river” is “flod”. Seems about right here. Teusajaure Possibly the most beautiful...Sitojaure
Preparing to cross Sitojsure in the rain It’s not every day a Sami tries to convince you to share the cost of a helicopt...The changing mountains
This is a collection of photos of mountains by Saltolukta in Sweden, taken from the same spot. Mountains are ever changing.Shared stories?
Stories bind us together, and stories drive us apart. With the 250th anniversary of America’s founding approaching...Beauty everywhere you look
A few views from the first stage of Kungsleden northern Sweden Approaching kaitumjaure early in the morning Crossing a ...Cameras can’t capture awe
This is a picture of a Sami village along the kungsleden in northern Sweden. The view is typical of what we’ve been wal...Midnight Sun
8:40 pm Sun, Abisko, sweden This was the 8:40 sun just after midsommar (solstice) above the Arctic Circle. ...glad midsommar
It’s not dark in Sweden. Time for dancing and maypoles.
If the shoe fits
Yesterday we visited the “Bata shoe museum” in Toronto. Yes, there is a shoe museum. They have an exhibit fr...Yesterday I practiced that most quintessentially American activity: dodging taxes. And to make it even more authentic, I can blame the Indians (see the Boston Tea Party).
I bought gas on the Seneca Indian reservation. New York State gets nothing.
Gotta celebrate 250 somehow :-)
Sic transit gloria pontis
There is a lot of nothing in “the wilds” of north central PA. An elk herd…Foecast for the start of the next hike says 40s (7 C) and %35 chance of rain when we hike out. I always picture warm, sunny trails before I encounter reality :-/. Say “la vee”.
Email is an amplificaiton attack
My wife sent me a single character “thumbs-up” reply to a google voice text message. I have google send me e...Where can you find landlines, newspapers and slow wifi?
Hotels keep old things alive. Phones in the room. Actual land lines. There is still the occasional motel with a “C...Reason to reflect: America at 250
I think the current issue of Reason Magazine is going to be a keeper. About USA250. Baseball cards of the “1776 al...M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead
Or Shifting from Appalachian Trail to Kungsleden mindset This is a copy of a chat I had with Claude AI. Me: I’m ab...The Earl Shaffer memorial road walk
On his third and final through hike in ’98, Earl Shaffer was known to lament the trail reroutes that went over many PUDs...Dragon’s tooth
Dragon’s tooth. Some people climb the tooth to have a picture at the top. Not me. Up the rock face you go.&n...Sunrise at McAfee knob
A view worth the wait The Knob at sunrise On McAfee Knob. “peak finder” shows what peaks are in view. This ...Sometimes it rains
It didn’t rain last night. I caught sunset on McAfee nob, the “most photographed place on the AT”, just ask Robert...El Buzzard Pasa
A buzzard near Roanoke, VA. At least this year they’re not circling me. Dinner guests. I had the “Merlin” ap...Which of these is not like the other ?
Maine, going up Kinsman, New Hampshire Virginia, rhododendrons in bloom Going up Madison, New Hampshire Trail, f...Can I replace this app with a text file?
I wanted to try the app “hikers logbook”, but it is apple only. It was easy to figure out what it tracked, create a text template for daily use and enter data. Files can be analyzed offline or with AI.
What apps can you replace with a text file?