Unfortunately all of my plans to go to the mountains have been delayed because of the weather. It seems like ever since making those plans the weather has been in a foul mood. I am still hoping to go sometime in the near future but I believe I am just going to leave my gear [...]
Who me? Well maybe just a little.
Actually I’ve never really been too opinionated. I get that way when I see anything going on that is of a bullying nature. Massey Energy / Walker Machinery on one side - the people of Appalachia and the mountains on the other. I’ve always had a problem with bullies [...]
The BackWoods Drifter is leaving the realm of localized blogging. 2008 promises to be a big year of travel for this drifter. For the longest time I have needed a place to display photos that don’t have anything to do with West Virginia or nature for that matter. I already own the photoblog located at [...]
You might be a redneck if you name a star after your four legged friend.
I’m going to tell you a story. I’ve told this story on the old blog and it is about my good friend Sam.
I don’t know how most people are but I think they are a lot like me. I get attached [...]
I’ve been thinking about the AT again. I’m going to move forward with plans to hike the trail in ‘08 and just hope that everything falls in to place before the time arrives. I’ve wanted to hike the trail for quite some time but before now taking that much time off of work was not [...]
I should get realistic about hiking the trail this year. No way it can happen with only about a month of planning. Thats not to mention the meager budget I would have available. I think a year would give me plenty of time to gather the finances and to get myself in shape for the [...]
This is something I have been contemplating for awhile now. To take the southbound hike-thru from Maine to Georgia. They say the best time to start the south-bound hike is from June to July. I think that would be a cool thing to do. I already have all the equipment necessary for a hike like [...]
