Tag: Dogs
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Profile: The Mud Doggo
Woof. Arrrrrrrroo. Maggie, the Mud Doggo Some years ago, I was as far down on my luck as I had ever been. I suffered from a broken heart. Living was a daily struggle and frustrating exercise of cleaning up failure stuck on repeat. I was alone and felt discarded like trash that had been dumped…
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Trip Report: 2021-09 Janes Island State Park, MD
Janes Island State Park is on the bay side of the Maryland Eastern Shore, offering 30 miles of salt marsh water trails and 7 miles of sandy beaches accessible only by boat. Date(s) 2021-09-03 to 06 Type Weekend Trip Activities Beach, Boating, Car Camping Transport 3 hours by Car (from DC Chinatown) Conditions Partly Cloudy…
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Personal (B)Log: When You Can’t Have an Adventure
“You’re just lazy.”“You have a bad attitude.”“You can always make time for adventure.” There is truth in these statements. If my priority was to get out into the world I would be there, but I’m not quite there just yet. Back in February, Maggie, the mud doggo, developed a little sinus issue right around the…
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Trip Report: 2021-05 George Washington National Forest, Lee District, VA
On the face of Green Mountain, a synclinal ridge that separates Fort Valley and Little Fort Valley lies a network of trails maintained by a dedicated volunteer group, running through the Virginia wilderness. Access to this part of the National Forest is a little out of the way and much of what I make use…
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Personal (B)Log: Finding Faith in the Dark
The night before I took the Mud Doggo in for surgery I had a dream that I remembered the next morning. I was in a tiny rowboat in the ocean on dark and cloudy night, far enough out to not see land, but close enough to see a lighthouse warning ships away from sharp rocks…
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Personal (B)Log: 2021-04-01
I know I haven’t updated in three months. I don’t want you think that I haven’t been up to anything – I have a lot going on! I spent a lot of the winter in the Canaan Valley practicing skijoring with the Mud Doggo and didn’t think you guys would want to see a series…