Weekend in Black and White ~ 8-21-11 ~ Stairway to the Clouds

 The Fire Tower atop Belvedere Mountain ~ Vermont

Pretty High! What a View! 
Bud’s almost to the Canadian Border...maybe, today:-)


"The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary.|
~Alfred Kreymborg


This post is linked with the Weekend in Black and White.

Weekend Reflections from the Long Trail, VT ~ 8-20-11

For those of you who have been following Bud’s hike of the Long Trail through Vermont’s Green Mountains to the Canadian border, well, it is drawing to an end. I’ll keep you updated as his photos come in. Thanks for following him and thank goodness for the quality of the iPhone pictures. They have made me feel like I am hiking right along with him.

Belvedere Lake near the Long Trail

Belvedere Lake at Eden Crossing

I just had to include this one....it is so typical Buddy.

In Bud’s own words... "Moss is a 2010 Appalachian Trail thru hiker and Gremlins like to take her car keys! I helped her search for an hour to no avail.  FINALLY,  the Gremlins returned the keys, and she is happily on her way back to work as a White Mountain N H. Campsite Caretaker."

"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." ~Mohandas K. Gandhi

This post from Buddy’s hike of the Long Trail is linked with Weekend Reflections.

Daily Photo ~ 8-16-11 ~ "Signs, Signs” from Bud’s Big Hike

What more could Buddy want than to hike into a town with his name....yep...Buddy Johnson...that’s his name. So glad he sent us back this shot for Signs, Signs.
All of these photos are taken from his iPhone and sent to me SOOC for posting.
“From out ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors.”
~Proverb


This post is linked with Lesley’s Signs, Signs.

Mosaic Monday ~ 8-14-11~ Update on Buddy’s Hike

Upper left to right and down:

1. Lamoille River Valley

2. Looking back at Mansfield, VT

3. Country Ski Mobile Hut

4. So tough living in the woods

5. Firm bed slabs

6. Dehydrated potatoes and cheese

7. “Radio” fixing his supper

8. Only 54 miles left...time to strait brushing up on my French

Bud was in rare spirits when I talked to him today....back to his old self: singing silly made-up songs, trying to pull my leg by making me think he had been going the wrong way and was going to have to start all over again. He did tell me it was thundering and lightening so he was going to stop early and stay in the shelter....thought that was a fine idea. Bud met up with some people he knew from other hikes so that has been a real plus. He is now out of range and going to have to sleep in shelters for most of the week. From all I can tell from the books, he is over the worst or the worst now.This may well be the only post for a while. My school starts in the boring...my holiday over. 

These photos are SOOC taken by Buddy with his iPhone. He really loves his play toy. Double click on the mosaic to enlarge it.
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

  ~John Muir

This post is linked with Mosaic Monday.