Why keep an online trail journal?

It has always seemed to me to be a little preoccupied and self centered to share everything about one's life online. I am definitely not a member of the Facebook generation. I have kept blogs before, usually chronicling some project or endeavor, but doing it to just get 15 minutes of fame or for bragging rights is not very attractive to me.

Doing it to educate is also not my forte. There are plenty of other places you can go to get better information that I can give you.

I am also not a fan of the trail journals that just give a rundown of the miles walked, the food eaten, the people talked to, the sites viewed. They can be so boring.

So I see this blog as a way to remember what I have done after it is all over, and as a way to let my wife, Laurie, participate as much as possible in my hike. I hope to focus on things that other hikers might overlook. Yes, there will be statistics and tick-marks as I progress, but hopefully I won't be boring.

Laurie and a friend out jogging

So if following the steps (five million+ of them!) of a 60 year-old attempting to hike 2100+ miles is fun for you, I'm glad to have you as a reader!