I will change up my conditioning routine

 I am going to walk three miles on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and long hike on Saturday. This will allow for a better routine I think.

For a good start I walked 3.1 miles tonight @ about 3.5 mp/h

Continued conditioning for Maine

 Last weekend I was elbows deep in water and cutting wood and chain dragging the timber with my cousins down home. 

I took the entire week off this past week to get rested and to heal up!

Today I went for a 6-mile hike to continue my vacation conditioning. I am going to attempt to summit Mount Katahdin with a dear friend.

I wore long hiking pants and long sleeves not to look like an idiot, but it’s part of my conditioning regiment. 

I carried my Osprey Atmos 35 with just 70oz of water in the reservoir and my otter boxes carrying my phone so I could listen to tunes while I jammed along the trail.

I saw a lot of fungi today. I saw a lot of chicken of the woods and their colors were amazing.

I saw some people who should know better than to carry no water while its hot as Satan’s Taint out hiking.  They were also dressed just like they played 18 holes lol. I don’t understand people a lot of the time.

Overall, the hike was 6.7 miles long and I did it moving at 2.9 mph average.

Be well folks!

Sonder

I will be hiking Mount Katahdin, Maine this fall

Mountain Accent Video

The truth of my life

 

There I was in and out of the children’s home without a clue how my life would turn out. There I was with major trust issues with life ahead of me. I was expelled in the 3^rd grade and that may have been the best thing that could have happened to me.  I know it seems strange as heck to say that but let’s put some things into perspective quick.

I was in the public school system, and they are looking at me as a statistic.  I come from an abusive broken home and if it were not for my grandparents, well, let us just say I would not have the life I have today.

I went into the service and that brought things into perspective fast.  I did not realize it till after that I will never have a family like that again out of the service.

I leave the military and begin my civilian life.

I have my guard up and because of past life experiences I did not trust anyone.

Fast forward 18 years and then I would find myself working on myself with no distractions.  I would learn how selfish I was and how rigid I had become ever since leaving the military.

So, let’s fast forward to today. I am a shadow of my former self. I am not perfect and never claim to be. I am mindful and respect the boundaries of others.

I have a few people in my life who I call friend.  This last sentence brings me to where I am now. As you may know, in 71 days I go to Maine for two weeks.

A dear and great friend is going to join me in the Baxter area. 

He has offered to bring his canoe to fish on some sections of the West Branch while we are up there.

I am blown away at the generous offer. I never expected this and on this trip because of him while I am in the Baxter Area turned into a ten as far as vacations go from a scale from one to ten.

I am blown away at the generosity of others.

Thank you ole friend!!

Gotta get outside this weekend!

Headed down home for family, food, laughter, and work!