So the mushrooms were definitely not chanterelles. As evidenced by the time I spent cuddling my toilet this afternoon. See, what had happened was, last year. At Iron Mountain. Or maybe it was Pilot Mountain to Hanging Rock. Or maybe both. LeBBQ stopped in the middle of an ultra. Picked a bunch of wild mushrooms. … Continue reading I Hate Water. I Love Water Sports.
Adventures
Falls Side of The Falls With Fall Risk
They call me Trail Guide now. Ok. So maybe not everyone. Maybe one person. Only one person. Calls me Trail Guide. Called me Trail Guide. Once. But I have now successfully navigated Fall Risk through two hikes. In a row. Without losing us. Or breaking her. Two for two. This week we went to Apple … Continue reading Falls Side of The Falls With Fall Risk
Dystopian Fiction
Tell me that’s not the face of a beast waiting for me to show signs of weakness. So she can gut me. And eat me. I think probably one shouldn’t read dystopian fiction in the midst of a pandemic. I may be experiencing some paranoia. But this book. It was good. A little too good. … Continue reading Dystopian Fiction
Pandemic Progress
I’ve got internet. Real internet. Like, I can download all the files and join all the meetings necessary to be a contributing member of all of my work teams. And I can watch all of the basketball games I want. All of them. In their entirety. Wait. No. I can’t. Fuck. But I could. If … Continue reading Pandemic Progress
A Mountain A Day
Not a Snow Day 3. I continue to try the mountainous approach to maintaining my health. Tuesday night found us climbing Roanoke Mountain. It took me a minute to get there. Because I basically live at Starr Hill these days. So I drove right past Walnut Ave on my way in. Turned around in the … Continue reading A Mountain A Day
Official Start of 2020
I slept until noon today. New Years Day. The first day of 2020, I slept until noon. But also? I woke up at 3:30am. Because yesterday. OT said we were meeting at 5:30. AM. In the Dragon’s Tooth parking lot. Which meant leaving my home at 4:15. AM. Me at 3:41 AM (trying to do … Continue reading Official Start of 2020
Lost: Christmas Mountain Edition
We had a plan yesterday. December Endurance Day. And while I wasn’t involved in the actual planning of any of it. I was still involved. So I probably owe my people an apology for the shit show it turned into at one point. But really. It’s on them. I think. If I’d had to work … Continue reading Lost: Christmas Mountain Edition
A Very KRob Christmas
Yesterday was K-Rob-D’s birthday. So we decided to celebrate. By taking her out to eat. At Red Lobster. Because... Wait. No. No, that wasn’t us. That’s what normal families do. We are not a normal family. We celebrate each other differently. And we plan a lot. And this celebration has been in planning for about … Continue reading A Very KRob Christmas
How I Get Injured Now
I’m supposed to be running my way from McAfee to Daleville right now. Because that’s how my people spend Sunday mornings. Twenty miles of mountain trails. But then Beautiful Beastie’s Birthday happened. And the people who spend Sunday mornings getting in twenty miles of mountain trails are the same people who celebrate forty-something birthday parties … Continue reading How I Get Injured Now
Seven Sisters at Seven Sisters
The Ritual Have you seen this movie? I have. Because the sisters thought it would be a good idea on our hiking trip to watch a scary movie. About people getting picked off. One by one. While hiking. And while I can’t ever get those two hours back, I did learn a little more about … Continue reading Seven Sisters at Seven Sisters
