Tag: hiking

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 2, Part 3 September 7, 2019 CW and I have been hiking the Buckeye Trail together since the fall of 2015. Since the trail is a loop, we spent nearly 550 miles of it walking away from the finish line before changing direction back toward our goal. Steadily, we’ve made progress, and that goal is finally starting to come into focus—at least in our mind’s eye. When we began, CW’s idea was to do 10-percent hikes. That meant we would complete the BT in ten long hikes. The …

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 …

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 2, Part 3 April 9, 2019 It has been a goal of mine to have a trail name before I finish the Buckeye Trail. CW and I have hiked over a thousand miles together on the BT now, and I still didn’t have one. Since we hope to finish in the fall, time is running out. So CW helped me come up with Cloud Gazer. I love watching the clouds. White puffy ones look so soft and pure. They warm my heart. But others can grab my attention …

by guest blogger Bonnie Spencer   Part 1, Part 2 November 6, 2018 Day 11 (Monday): Burr Oak State Park Boat Dock #3 to Boat Dock #1 (7.3 trail miles) Today CW and I are beginning the third and final week of our fall hike on the Buckeye Trail. Since we finished The Wilderness Loop our last time out, we will travel in a generally westward direction this week. We are staying at the lodge at Burr Oak State Park. The Buckeye Trail crosses the drive to the lodge, so we will enjoy some closer …