Tag Sidequest

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.

I haven’t posted an update in like a week. Time flies.

I’m still trying to figure out how to pull fish out of the water. I’m hoping finding live bait will help. So far I’ve landed one.

First Catch

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I’m hoping real bait will make the difference.

The vagrants continue to be an issue. New encampment pop up faster than I can take them down. I still practice leave no trace and break down and pack out my camp whenever I leave.

My diet is very basic, and I’m rapidly losing my trail conditioning. I made a Dakota fire pit to cook on discretely.

I made a friend.

I listen to a lot of trains go by.