Hike, you! Hike some more!
We've been doing quite a bit of hiking at work, which isn't a bad thing at all, just that I wish we had some time to recuperate. Maybe make it every other week or something. Of course, it doesn't help that I'm hiking in between as well. We hiked on the AT 2 weeks back, then I walked all over New England. This past weekend was 15 miles or so. Then today I went caching up in Mountaintop. Granted, it was only 2 miles or so, but it was all uphill. Oh well, beats sitting in a cubicle. Plus I found ruins.
To blow off some steam the other night, I did some nighttime caching. This particular cache was Halloween themed and had pumpkins and skeletons attached to the trees. To find the path, you have to go at night and look for cateye reflectors on the trees.
Along the way, I saw something small and black up ahead of me. With the flashlight already half dead, I figured it was a skunk. Getting closer, I noticed its ass was aiming at me. Now if you're on a trail at night and a skunk's ass is pointing right for you, you know trouble's going down. I began to back off when I noticed it had no white on it. Upon closer examination, I also saw the thing was spiky. It was growling lowly; skunks do this hiss/snort thing. Turns out it was a porcupine, somewhat curled in a ball and with its quivers outstretched. So damn cute......and stabby. And wouldn't you know it, it was the one time I didn't have my camera on me.
The tree that's been slowly leaning toward my house is no more. Doc came over and chainsawed that sucker down, along with another one that was snapped in half. There's one more dead one up on the hill a bit, but it's no threat to anything. I'll get it eventually.
I'm seriously contemplating looking into what it takes to adopt, but I have no idea where to start looking.
Ever so slowly working on the book. I think this week I've written a whopping 200 words or so.
School starts back up on the 28th. Not looking forward to it. Sucks that I have a solid 2 years to go.
I forgot to mention last time that I drank Moxie and lived. Next time you're in Maine, pick yourself up a bottle and see how long you can last. I still can't believe the stuff at one time was the top-selling soda in the country.
To blow off some steam the other night, I did some nighttime caching. This particular cache was Halloween themed and had pumpkins and skeletons attached to the trees. To find the path, you have to go at night and look for cateye reflectors on the trees.
Along the way, I saw something small and black up ahead of me. With the flashlight already half dead, I figured it was a skunk. Getting closer, I noticed its ass was aiming at me. Now if you're on a trail at night and a skunk's ass is pointing right for you, you know trouble's going down. I began to back off when I noticed it had no white on it. Upon closer examination, I also saw the thing was spiky. It was growling lowly; skunks do this hiss/snort thing. Turns out it was a porcupine, somewhat curled in a ball and with its quivers outstretched. So damn cute......and stabby. And wouldn't you know it, it was the one time I didn't have my camera on me.
The tree that's been slowly leaning toward my house is no more. Doc came over and chainsawed that sucker down, along with another one that was snapped in half. There's one more dead one up on the hill a bit, but it's no threat to anything. I'll get it eventually.
I'm seriously contemplating looking into what it takes to adopt, but I have no idea where to start looking.
Ever so slowly working on the book. I think this week I've written a whopping 200 words or so.
School starts back up on the 28th. Not looking forward to it. Sucks that I have a solid 2 years to go.
I forgot to mention last time that I drank Moxie and lived. Next time you're in Maine, pick yourself up a bottle and see how long you can last. I still can't believe the stuff at one time was the top-selling soda in the country.