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Some music.

Here’s a tiny piece of the trail, in piano.

Posted bySail AwayApril 15, 2019April 15, 2019Posted inOdds and EndsTags:International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, music, nature, New Brunswick4 Comments on Some music.

On Brightness

Bouleau.

This is the French word for birch.

Posted bySail AwayApril 12, 2019July 1, 2020Posted inOdds and EndsTags:camping, Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, outdoors, science, winter2 Comments on On Brightness

Yeeesh Maweesh

Yeeeesh. Slow going here, kids. At least it’s pretty. Look at it. These pictures were brought to you with much losing the trail, slogging through deep wet snow, being rained on, pack frame breaking, inflatable pad deflating forever, holes generating in…

Posted bySail AwayApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019Posted inTrail HappeningsTags:Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, outdoors, Quebec, snow, winter camping3 Comments on Yeeesh Maweesh

Ole Sail’s Terrible Guide to IAT New Brunswick (northern section)

Here’s a short, sweet, lacking-in-some-ways-but-we-won’t-ever-tell-Sail-that-because-she-might-cry-or-something northbound IAT NB trail guide.

Posted bySail AwayMarch 25, 2019May 17, 2019Posted inOdds and EndsTags:camping, Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, New Brunswick, trail guide1 Comment on Ole Sail’s Terrible Guide to IAT New Brunswick (northern section)

The actual top of Mt. Carleton, and other photos

Fine, alright. Here’s what Mt. Carleton looked like the next morning: 

Posted bySail AwayMarch 20, 2019April 16, 2019Posted inTrail HappeningsTags:camping, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, New Brunswick, outdoors, winter6 Comments on The actual top of Mt. Carleton, and other photos

This is the top of New Brunswick

Hey, hooligans.

First please, we should establish that probably the only reason I like winter hiking is because I forget how cold it is during the winter. Second, I forget because I am dumb. Third…

Posted bySail AwayMarch 14, 2019September 23, 2022Posted inTrail HappeningsTags:Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, New Brunswick, outdoors, winter3 Comments on This is the top of New Brunswick

Types of Appalachian Trail Hikes: a how-to guide

It’s nearly springtime. The larks are almost…

Posted bySail AwayFebruary 15, 2019June 15, 2019Posted inOdds and EndsTags:Appalachian Trail, camping, long distance hiking, nature, outdoors1 Comment on Types of Appalachian Trail Hikes: a how-to guide

Mor pictchas

Maybe if I wasn’t so busy reading and sleeping, and eating things, I’d edit these and pretend to be a photographer human. Alas. Here’s a few more photos from November and October:

Posted bySail AwayJanuary 9, 2019January 9, 2019Posted inOdds and EndsTags:camping, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, Maine, nature, outdoors7 Comments on Mor pictchas

Three weeks in Presque Isle, and 18 days in Canada

In which we finish much science, then saunter over into good Canadia for a while, yissss

Posted bySail AwayDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018Posted inTrail HappeningsTags:Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, New Brunswick, outdoors, winter camping4 Comments on Three weeks in Presque Isle, and 18 days in Canada

Ohhh Canada

Dear Hooligans,

Canada is great. At first, I was expecting the igloos to be very cold; but as it turns out, the Canadians have a good thing going up here. Who knew ice houses could be so warm??

Posted bySail AwayDecember 11, 2018December 28, 2018Posted inTrail HappeningsTags:Canada, International Appalachian Trail, long distance hiking, nature, New Brunswick, outdoor adventures, winter camping4 Comments on Ohhh Canada

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