Author: CW Spencer

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 2 October 17, 2019 A week and a half passed since our last time out on the trail. I had planned to hit those woods through East Fork State Park after a weekend off, but that Sunday night I began feeling sick. I thought it was something I ate; CW thought it might be from my previous week of pounding the roads in the heat. Whatever it was, I could barely move Monday. While I was flat on my back that day, I did some serious …

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 3 September 17, 2019 Day 7 (Monday): BT crossing on Black’s Run Road to east of Bentonville (13.5 trail miles) CW has his surgery date. It’s still a couple weeks away, so we’re going to get more miles in until then. However, CW and his hernias are going to greatly limit how much they walk. Because of all his extra hiking with friends, CW has only a few miles in our last two sections that he hasn’t already hiked a second time. In West Union, some …

May 29, 2019 Veterans Chad and Luke looked more than ready to begin their 1,400-plus-mile hike on Ohio’s Buckeye Trail. They appeared to be enthusiastic, fit, and equipped with all the latest gear for carrying out their current mission. What you couldn’t see about them, though, is just as important in their story. Returning soldiers carry memories of past missions that took place overseas. Surviving the war was one thing, but surviving the after effects is another. Chad and Luke are on a Warrior Hike this year, one of three Warrior Expedition programs. While their …

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 2 May 4, 2019 CW and I are back to hike the Sinking Spring section of the Buckeye Trail. We just finished Scioto Trail Thursday. I’m used to having up to a week between sections. That gives me time to get a blog posted and catch my breath. This time, though, the most I could hope for was three days because we need to get the rest of our hike completed next week. Friday evening CW looked at the 10-day forecast and saw that next week …