Two Days on the Water: Strokes, Capsizes, and a Storm Friday we put our canoe on Oak Hollow and finally let someone who teaches this watch us paddle. Will said we were paddling okay and gave us a bunch of pointers and tips. Will walked us through the strokes we have been guessing at for two lakes: the J-stroke, the…
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Coming up: First Canoe Lesson
This weekend we will load the Dagger Reflection and drive to Oak Hollow Marina in High Point for a two-hour private lesson with Will, who owns Get Outdoors in Greensboro. We met with him at the store one day to discuss the upcoming lesson and he followed up with a detailed email. This will be our third time on a…
When the City Tap Needs a Trail Filter during a Boil Advisory
Last week Winston-Salem broke a couple of water mains and we all got that text: boil advisory. City crews did their thing and fixed the main fast, but I realized my backup was already sitting in our backpacks. Our home RO system? It needs pressure to work, and when mains break, pressure drops. It just quits working. Our Grayl Geopresses?…
Ready, Set, Go! Essential Gear for a 10-Day Backpacking Trip in Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness
I hope you all have a very happy Independence Day Weekend! We head to Maine tomorrow after work. I returned from Chicago late Saturday and we spent the day after church on Sunday getting our backpacks packed. Mine comes in at 35.5 pounds total. If you subtract the food weight and the weight of 3L of water, my base weight…
Preparing for Maine: Natural Bug Spray, New Ear Tube and More
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! Recently, I have been getting into the Lego botanical sets. They are so much fun and very relaxing to assemble! They are available on Amazon! Sean got a Mother’s Day Bouquet for me and I got it put together this week. He was originally supposed to be out of town today,…
Farm to Freeze-Dryer: Fresh Strawberries!
71 days until we hit the trail in Maine! Things are slowly coming along. Marty got the bag that will hold his hydration bladder inside his pack. His tube wouldn’t fit from the outside pocket to the front of his pack when it is fully packed, so he ordered a pouch/sling to hold it inside his backpack. Hopefully it works…
Why Smartwool Leggings are a Hiker’s Best Choice
Hello! The new client rollout went very smoothly for the first two days. Whew! The first few days are always the roughest with any rollout and I am thankful that it went well. I love my job SO much. It is a blessing to have such an amazing job with a great company. I am always amazed when I look…
A New Ear for the New Year
Happy New year! I’ve got a new ear for a new year! I got a tube put into my ear today. It was a complete surprise. I wasn’t expecting a tube when I made this ENT appointment six months ago! It’s a very weird sensation to have your ear drum numbed. It took several hours to wear off.And…..as many times…
River Update
He will be able to be neutered with a special anesthesia protocol. He does have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.His murmur is grade IV/VI. He will stay on the blood thinner and after he is neutered, we will add a second med. They can’t tell us how fast it will progress. The second medication will help relax the heart muscle. The findings: -There…
Healing Through Decluttering: Letting Go
Last month, I was sorting through a few things in our guest bedroom. Nine years ago, I shoved so much stuff in the closets to get it off the floor that the doors barely close. Some of it has just been shuffled from one shelf to another or from one closet to another. I donated boxes and boxes of books.…
My Little Red Bike 