Never heard of Spoken City? Neither had I till a couple weeks back, but that didn’t stop me from soaking up a bit of free publicity. Spoken City wants to stick it to the W (you know, Walmart) and other…
Update: Disqus made my site slow and was doing some strange things that I could not explain, so I turned it off. I’ve reverted to the old standard WordPress commenting system. Note some people have feared Disqus could hurt search…
Verb Nerd Industries is my pitch site for freelance writing, editing and blogging gigs. Why bug all you innocent hikers with this news? Well. If so many of you hadn’t repeatedly encouraged me to keep updating Two-Heel Drive, I’d have…
It’s getting too busy for blogging these days but the ol’ cabin fever should set in quickly after the first of the year so it should be back to blogging as usual. See you after the big ball drops. (I…
A couple weeks back I had too much time on my hands and stumbled across a web site called Paper.Li, which performs a heart-warming task for old news hacks such as yours truly: it does all the work of putting…
I’m turning my attention to some of the trails I’ve hiked in the last year since moving to North Carolina. The first three: Summit Trails at Pilot Mountain State Park. Revisits the route of my first North Carolina hike. This…
I’ve added five new ones since my last update. Castle Rock State Park — This is the Saratoga Gap Trail route to the campground and back. Flag Hill Loop, Sunol Wilderness — Find out why this steep climb is actually…
The arrival of the holiday weekend filled me with an unexpected urge to take a holiday from hiking. By next weekend, though, I’m reasonably confident I’ll be back to normal. If you had any adventures, share with your friends in…
