Entries from August 2008

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 09-Aug-1993

Date August 9, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/9/93 – Mon. I did a long hard 25.3 […]

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 08-Aug-1993

Date August 8, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/8/93 – Sun. So, last night was sheer hell. […]

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 07-Aug-1993

Date August 7, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/7/93 – Sat. Wednesday I hiked to Wind Gap […]

Where is Alana?

Date August 7, 2008

Tonight, our babysitter came to watch the kids so that I could attend the Parent Orientation at Alana’s preschool. I ran a few errands after the meeting and arrived home to hear that all was quiet on the home front. I stepped outside to say goodbye to the sitter and then came in to a […]

Closing in on 40 Years…

Date August 3, 2008

Next year will mark my parents 40th year of marriage, unless I’ve butchered the math and my facts, which is entirely possible. If so, I’ll get a correction posted when they return from their Arctic trip and read this. For as long as I can remember, and becoming a more openly discussed topic after Kim […]

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 03-Aug-2008

Date August 3, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/3/93 – Tue. I felt like pushing myself today, […]

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 02-Aug-1993

Date August 2, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/2/93 – Mon. So, here it is, my third […]

Gilligan on the AT Revisited: 01-Aug-1993

Date August 1, 2008

This is a 5-month long series of blog posts that are the entries in my journals written on most evenings as I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1993. The journal entry appears first — indented — and then any additional commentary from my 15-years-removed perspective follows. 8/1/93 – Sun. So, this is my final entry, […]