Food FOOD food

As promised. Copious food and daily notes, from St. Vianney to Lac-Cascapedia :).

Total distance covered: 94 mi (~157 km)

The ole IAT; Crossing Matane Wilderness and the Chic-Chocs

I am pleased.

Finally getting back on the IAT again, a couple weeks ago, was a mixed bag.

Briefly…

Hey!

You exist. Look at these cows.

…

Ok. No good internet. No cows.

Somewhere along the St. Lawrence…

Hello. Yes.
Happy Independence Day, fellow country humans. Happy recent Canada Day, Canadians. Happy…

St. Albans, VT, to Orford, Quebec

Hey, hooligans. Rain is falling again all over these hills, so instead of walking I am going to sit here and write to you. With coffee. I have a Pavlovian response to hot drinks, rain, and writing…

Whoarghh Long Trail connection side trip eh?

Dear y’all,

I was peacefully hiking along, enjoying this breeze and swatting madly at blackflies, horseflies, and the errant mosquito, when suddenly I was overcome by the awful gut sinking feeling that I always get when something horrible is about to happen because of something I’ve done… am currently doing…

Huzzah vacay in the Green Mountains

Hey y’all,

Just a quick update on where things are at. I’ve mashed my noggin full of books and things, gotten my maps, washed my socks, recharged all my batteries, and…

About the Jesse Lewis Choose Love movement

Hanover, New Hampshire.

It has no hostels, but the trail runs right across the beautiful town, passing their college green and eventually meandering up behind the baseball fields to a shelter a short ways north. I don’t remember how long they’ve been doing it for, but the people who live there…

Dropping south! Going north! Such adventure.

Hi hooligans,

This is the dream.

I have been gainfully unemployed for almost 23 months. The teacher in me is distressed at this. I miss my former students, despite my unwelcome ability to make horrible mistakes in class that probably scarred us all forever.

Brightness, 2.0.

Dear humans and crustaceans,

Look at these cool rocks I found. Ok, fine. Really I’m just trying to distract you, because I’ve been procrastinating for about a week and a half on writing this story. It is important (I think) when you’re creating a thing, like writing or music…