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Month: September 2020

Thwarted from visiting public woods for now…

September 19, 2020

…by a second force this summer, the smoke. For now I just look at backpack contents until it makes sense to pack again. Early in the summer the pandemic had many trailheads closed. The smoke and fire risk now have a lot of federal lands in my area closed. Some state forest is open though, … More Thwarted from visiting public woods for now…

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A nice overnight backpack…

September 3, 2020

…for me in national forest. I was near water on some stretches of the trail. It was nice to sleep in the deep woods again. I awoke to temperatures in the high 30s F on this August morning at about 4500 ft., then warmed myself with a hot brew. But the ongoing political unrest. I … More A nice overnight backpack…

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Bread, brie, and caffeine-free coffee in the bred and breakfast…

Bread, brie, and caffeine-free coffee in the bred and breakfast…

…bed and breakfast. We hadn’t yet found the regular coffee. Travels within TN. Love Chattanooga, it has a shop that has the rare good chocolate chip scone. Touristy trails, and small town parks with caves. Around winter solstice a walk with a childhood friend by a Nashville boom pasture: Winter rains, trains, and clear, cool…

thoughtsontrails's avatar by thoughtsontrails May 13, 2025May 13, 2025
hiking, motorcycling, cafes

hiking, motorcycling, cafes

A little bit of hiking early September. It was still a little warm in the Appalachian Plateau. Along the south fork or the Cumberland. It made me miss PNW streams a little because of how low-flow this fork of the river was: Nice tile work though: Much more local mountain biking here. Near a bmx…

thoughtsontrails's avatar by thoughtsontrails September 27, 2024September 28, 2024

SCOTUS, US supreme court decision, presidential immunity, democrats, republicans, neocons

It seems prosecutors should have an easy job arguing Trump wasn’t carrying out official acts with his crimes. He played golf while president, urinated presumably multiple times daily while president, and squatted on/near the capitol grounds to convince a crowd to attack congress and the VP while still technically president. None of these was an…

thoughtsontrails's avatar by thoughtsontrails July 3, 2024July 6, 2024
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