One barrier dissolved.....

It has been a while since posting here but that is not to mean all has been quiet in my life.

This week is the final week of employment at Radford University for both my wife and I.
We venture North to begin orchestrating the next phase that will provide for us while hiking the trail.
Working on financial independence.
The job barrier has dissolved.

We both managed to go from full time to part time with little hiccups and now we venture back to where we grew up to assist our families concerning family matters.
The taste of time freedom has been a welcome taste. 
I desire more of it.

South Western Virginia has served as an awesome place to raise the children to adulthood while allowing us to reacquaint ourselves to each other.
Each new day, we begin the rest of our lives together.

Fear is making its presence known and we accept it for what it is,
thank it for its feedback to our situations and chant:
"Oh, - What The Hell, - Go For It Anyway!"

That phrase alone has allowed me to continually become a human being and not just a human doing.

To The Trail is becoming etched in my soul as something that I want to do NOW more than when it was contrived several years ago.

..... to be continued.

Anniversary...31 years

April 9th marks 31 years of awesome marriage to my best friend Annette.

Thank you Babe for making it a great life so far!


We spent the day yesterday (Easter Sunday, April 8th, 2012) dreaming, biking, walking, and doing yard cardio.
Through that process, "To The Trail" took on a new direction - it will first be a book before it becomes a film.
Nothing crazy, just a subject that will allow for me to learn the process of book writing.
I hope to be here more often updating our progress as we shoot for a hiking start day of Monday, April 13, 2015
3 years from now to get everything together to hike the A.T. in three 700+ mile sections.

• New York to Virginia
• Maine to New York
• Virginia to Georgia

In that order.

I'll continue with that thought soon.