January 17, 2013 I love the Bible stories where the angels show up. And the hiking trips where trail angels “magically” appear. Trail angels helped me complete my walk around the state of Ohio. They treated me to such things as hot soup on a cold, rainy day, a portable shower set-up to remove a couple layers of dirt, shuttles to the trailhead, and even hot pizza!  They’ve also helped to show that it’s not about me; it’s about “us.” It’s risky for me to name my trail angels, because I’m bound to forget one …

January 12, 2013 I want to give a brief explanation about the arrangement of my Buckeye Trail photos. The pictures I took on my hike around the BT are not in the order that you would see if you hiked straight through. (I want to get this out there before my BT buddies understandably point that out.) I am not confident that I could arrange all of my photos in that order, even if I wanted to.  Instead, in each section the photos are posted in the order I took them. My hike was anything …