Pro-prolog: Jan 17, 2010, Sunday I wrote the following update to my Appalachian Trail (AT) adventures last July on paper from my trail journal notes while Stacia and family were here visiting. The grand kids were taking naps and Stacia was freelance editing a manuscript for UGA or UT (Univ. of Texas, not Tennessee for SEC folks), on the PC. As the little ones awoke from their naps, I put the update with a copy of Backpacker on my desk, and played with Sophia a...

Mary and I met Stacia, Josh, Sophia and Sam at beach house on Dauphin Is. last Sat Apr 11, 2009. We all had a great time relaxing and enjoying the sand and water. The weather was good but very windy most mornings, the afternoons were good to go down on the beach. Josh and Sophia were the only ones to swim, the rest of us got our feet wet. The water was still COOL. We could hardly believe when the week had pasted and it was time to leave. I will finish getting my...

This is a test for new blog. See first entry for week one on AT.

I start my AT hike on March 29 and hope you will enjoy the trip as I share my adventures. Because I carve and paint realistic songbirds, my wife Mary, gave me the trail name Carver. Happy Trails Apr 4, 2009 I am off trail, getting ready to go to the beach with the grandkids, Sophia and Sam. This will be their first beach visit and a trail will not keep PawPaw away. I am learning how to make these entries and upload pics, so please be understanding as tr...