by Dawn Chandler | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
14 September 2015 — Day 6Solo backpacking the length of Vermont on the Long Trail So early the next morning I set off — first out of camp. My knee tied with Dad’s red bandanna. After thirty or forty minutes or so, Flagman caught up with me. “How’s...
by Dawn Chandler | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
13 September 2015 — Day 5Solo backpacking the length of Vermont on the Long Trail May that remain the most miserable night of my camping life. Because the TarpTent SUCKS in a 12-HOUR VERMONT RAIN. Because the rain comes down, hits the ground and bounces up and hits...
by Dawn Chandler | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
11 September 2015 — Day 3Solo backpacking the length of Vermont on the Long Trail Set my alarm for 5:45 (got up to pee only once — it was raining, but not too hard). Got up well before Justin, but he got up by the time I was finishing my breakfast. Hit the trail with...
by Dawn Chandler | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Vermont’s Long Trail: It was grueling. It was anxiety-riddled. It was way, way, way harder than I ever imagined. I’d give anything to go back and do it again. My goal was to solo backpack the 273 miles of Vermont’s Long Trail. Though over the years...
by Dawn Chandler | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
pathways…. and waterways… and walkways …. we interrupt this summer to share meals… meditation… direction…. and glimpses of yesteryear…. … to share the welcoming of...
