Eva Briggs
I'm a family doctor in upstate new York and have always enjoyed the outdoors. My undergraduate education is in forestry. I'm a search and rescue volunteer and my border collie Boomer will be hiking with me. I've wanted to hike the AT for 40+ years and decided that 2016 is the year to go for it!
Posts
2018 The North End
This is just a test post to make sure that my blog will be working when I hit the Appalachian Trail at the end of the month. Stay
Rain rain GO AWAY!
Rain. I think my friend hit the nail on the head when he remarked that it feels like November. I'm just waiting for sleet and snow! Brrrrrrr.
Lazy Days
Yesterday I had a short hike into Salisbury, CT where I'm staying at a mini-hostel. A women named Vanessa has a small bunkroom in her home. Yesterday
Blogging at The laundromat
I'm at the laundromat in nothing but a rain skirt and puffy jacket. After one week of hiking, three days of it in the rain, every item of
Stealth again
I've been back on the trail for a few days, starting from Warwick, New York. That's where I left off in 2016 after breaking my foot. I was lucky
Return to the Trail!
I'm returning to the trail! Late next week, my friend Lisa is driving me and Boomer to Warwick NY (think Bellvale Farms Creamery) so that I can pick
Happy Holidays
This is a test. The site where my blog is hosted recently changed its URL , and I want to make sure it can work before I hit the trail again in
Back on the trail
10 Week Sabbatical I guess it was a sabbatical. I broke my foot at the end of June and I have been off the trail for 10 weeks. Though I've
Broken
Yes, the MRI showed a broken heel bone due to a stress fracture. So I'm definitely on the disabled list, probably for the rest of the
Disabled List
Ouch. I hoped that I wouldn't have any injuries, but I'm off the trail for a bit. My left heel has been bothering me for a while, and I stepped the