My Hometown USA

I stop…I drop Age isn’t a number… It’s a force, driving me to deteriorate daily, mentally and physically…. It is however, a privilege. How will I choose to live my twilight years?  Can I overcome the temptation to slow it down? To embrace the rocking chair mentality….to pronounce myself too old for such…. Never. Even as I write this I am in pain. I cannot give up pushing myself to hike trails, go on adventures, and mild as they may be to some, I am doing it how I want to. I am and have never been a thrill seeker. My mountain hike is about the journey, the freedom from concrete, and the view. Roan Highlands, The Balds 2017 Yosemite Obstacles: I injured my hip 4 years ago trying to show off to my twin boys on a bicycle ride… Flashforward, two years ago, I decide to see what damage I did and fix the thing. An MRI revealed arthritis, no fixing. My pain now comes from a re-injury to the area. Instead of allowing the slo...

We took a trip to Purgatory and rented a room at the base of Hades while wildfires burned nearby.  Yes, like Bilbo Baggins, we were ready for another adventure in the Williams Gang style.   F or the average family, summer means kids out of school and time for the family vacation. Typically, for our budget, that means a car vacation and another episode of torturous hours in a small space with two boys. It’s a replay of Dumb and Dumber , what is the most annoying sound in the world? Repeat annoying sound, then add complaining, fighting, whining and start all over again! Dumb and Dumber most annoying sound in the world H owever, we have been planning to save enough to expose our twins to the joys of flying out west and discover less smoky mountains and more rockier, so, when a really good deal on airline tickets popped up on my husband’s radar, we jumped. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing more beautiful than my moisture ridden, humid Appalachian...