by Michele Reber | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Featured 1 |
I feel like the woods knew I had come to the end of my 52-week hiking challenge. The ferns are starting to brown and droop, green acorns are starting to fall, and the trail is already covered with a thin carpet of brown leaves. The crickets sound a little more tired...
by Michele Reber | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog, Featured 2 |
Week 51 and the day was a little less brutal in terms of heat and humidity for my hike this week. In fact, I found myself lingering here and there in various pretty spots, something I don’t do when I am just trying to bang out a hike before the heat gets too bad. It...
by Michele Reber | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Featured 3 |
…and we hit Week 50! A little less hot and humid and this week had an added bonus – I managed to finish the hike literally 5 minutes before an extended torrential downpour. Yay, me! This week as I sweated and walked into spider web after spider web (gross), I was...
by Michele Reber | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog |
I had a Captain Kirk moment on my hike this week: “Must. Keep. Going.” This uttered as sweat poured from every place it possibly could. Ahh, Baltimore in August. I had to choose my thoughts carefully to make myself not take the shortcut half-way through my usual...
by Michele Reber | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog |
Another hot one in Baltimore as I hit week 48 of my 52-week hiking challenge. And it was a CHALLENGE. I found myself asking why I ever decided to do it in the first place. I became more and more miserable as my brain slowly melted in the 94% humidity and didn’t see...
by Michele Reber | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog |
Week 47. Another hot and humid one. I got up early enough to take Kirby with me before the heat was too much for him and he was SUPER excited to be back out on the trail again. So he was running around like an idiot and I was just trying to stay awake given that it...
by Michele Reber | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog |
Well, it’s Week 46 of my 52-week hiking challenge and we are finally entering the part that I knew would be the most painful for me personally. Why? I HATE The heat. I know, hate is a strong word, but ever since I can remember, I have dreaded summer (maybe...
by Michele Reber | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog |
Week 45! And it’s super hot here in Baltimore! The humidity doesn’t feel great, but boy, does it make for some pretty pictures. The picture above, however, might not be considered pretty, depending on who you are. I took it on my week 44 hike of a tree...
by Michele Reber | Jul 13, 2016 | Blog |
What is there to write after a week like we’ve just had in the United States of America? I tried hard to think of something else, but how can I possibly think about anything else and more importantly, what can I possibly contribute to the conversation? Whether...
by Michele Reber | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog |
The picture above? Wild blackberries in the making. I’ve been keeping an eye on them week after week, waiting and waiting until that hike where I’ll (hopefully) get to pick a handful and enjoy one of the most wonderful tastes ever created. This is Week...
