It's been a bad day. Please don't take a picture.

Feel the Sky Blanket You

Skywatch

Drink My Soul Dry

(thank Mike Scott for the title)

Black and White Weekend

Art Loeb Trail

This is a pretty sweet trail (in Western North Carolina, in the Shining Rock Wilderness). So sad that we didn't get to pound it all out because of some gnarly storms coming for us. Ever since The Incident, I have serious issues when it comes to lightening. I made the executive decision to book it on out of there when shit got ugly. Though Susan and I have discussed and we're gonna go finish that trail at some point, dammit.

Anyway. We did get to spend quite a bit of time and miles on said trail and it was pretty awesome. Didn't see a whole lot of people and had the place mainly to ourselves. It was really overgrown and not so much maintained, which is fine, but I did get annihilated by some bugs because of it. Worth it though. Skywatch

Blue Grosbeaks

(Male above, female below)

World Bird Wednesday

Here, There, and Everywhere.

What the hell? I disappeared yet again it seems. Tx-Ms-Tn-Nc-Ms-Mo, more or less. I will not NOT be nomadic. Handle it. The usual, that's fine. I spent the last week in Western North Carolina with my buddy Susan. We went to school there (Brevard) many moons ago and it had been way too long since I'd been back for any quality time there. Time well spent, my friends. Excellent mountain biking at Dupont State Forest, a fun paddle on the French Broad, some good hiking in Shining Rock Wilderness. The list goes on. I needed all of the above. More later, but that is the quick update. I'll be in the Ozarks this weekend - more bike love I'm hoping. I'm gonna rip Hans Henry (said bike) to pieces. Out of love. There you have it. My World Outdoor Wednesday