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?
The USPS has problems. I shipped a priority mail package, “1 to 3 day delivery”, it’s taking 5. Their “intercept” service will charge me $47 to forward, and even charges for return to sender. I redirected an Amazon package already out for delivery with a comment, no charge.
A day along the blue ridge
Rhododendrons by a steam (did your last glass of water come from someplace this pretty?) The view east from the blue ri...Views
This is the view of “the peaks of otter”. The Appalachian trail originally ran right over these peaks because the...Chasing butterflies down the trail
These butterflies were sunning themselves on the trail ahead of me today. When I got close to one, it flew down t...Spring in Virginia
Rhododendron buds May as apples White fringe tree/old man’s beard The view from bluff mountainMore spring beauty
Rhododendron buds May Apple grove Fringe tree in bloomFlowers and clouds
Azaleas Trillium everywhere Clouds in the mountainsThe flip-flop class of 26 leaving Harper’s ferry
The things you win in a raffle More things you win in a raffle Back where the Odyssey started 19 years ago A trail.&n...2026 Appalachian Trail Flip-floppers about to set off on an adventure, walking from Virginia to Maine, then Virginia to Georgia.
Robert takes his tools seriously
This is trail maintenance tool art on a recent Cadillac crew work trip at Bear’s Den hostel near Bluemont, VAAI will allow us to be more human
Looking at “AI will take all the jobs” from an economic angle, it is likely that we will wind up with a worl...I can converse with Claude in Latin about learning swedish. Mira enim est !!!
Moon Shots: My Views at 8 and 64
I was almost 9 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I have vague memories of watching it live. I recently texted my n...Seems like a good day to watch “lost in space”.