Last week I met a weary traveler by the name of Wonder Woman who insisted I had superpowers. Naturally, this irony amused me.
If any sufficiently advanced technology is perceived as magic, I reckon the same holds true in other constructs: once removed far enough from the objective perspective any subject seems magical.
No superpowers were required for cooking chili dogs over a fire on a mountain top. Nor are there any requirements for opportunistic scavenging. Just ask the bear.
Looking back on the last week or so:
I’ve been camping close to town and doing some light duty work a few days and placing ads on ebay in between, with a trip up to the mountains during the weekend.
On the work front I’ve done some cleaning, some grass cutting, some weed pulling, and some furniture moving.
On the marketing front I created new spaces to promote my eBay store: Save Christmas and Wheat Pennies Shop.
For a personal project I began working on revitalizing an older publication that went by the wayside earlier this year – Dirty News: Watching Big Brother, which I hope will be back in action by mid September 2025.
Outside of the mundane tasks I still like to spend some time hiking and am fortunate that I can still do so.
I met a kindred spirit by the name of Lightwalker and he is the first to join the LostOnTrail family with his own personal blog.
I also met a section hiker named Mellow who hikes 2-3 weeks a year and has been working slowly up the Appalachian Trail. It has been very quiet on the trail, enough to make even simple conversation with a total stranger enjoyable.
Other than that, fire makes a great companion, especially after a rain.