Laura’s Journal: out of the Smokies, back to the AT

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Today was so tightly scheduled, we had to conduct the morning hike in a manner completely contradictory to my preferred mode of hiking: get to the end as fast as … More Laura’s Journal: out of the Smokies, back to the AT

Laura’s Journal: Great Soaky Mountains National Park, Day 2

Transcription of journal page photos can be found below. A more traditional blogpost of this hike can be found HERE along with lots of pictures. Great Smokies, you say? How about Great Soakies? (We got – and remain- a little damp today.) We peeled out of Elkmont as early as we could this morning, which … More Laura’s Journal: Great Soaky Mountains National Park, Day 2

Laura’s Journal: Great Smoky Mountains, Day 1

Transcription of images can be found at the bottom of the page. A proper blog post with loads of photos will come along some time in the next couple weeks. Stand by! TRANSCRIPTION: I’m sitting at the picnic table at our Elkmont Campground site watching the first fireflies I can remember seeing since visiting Grandma … More Laura’s Journal: Great Smoky Mountains, Day 1

Laura’s Journal: We eat, drink, and read our way through San Francisco

A transcription of the photographed journal pages can be found at the bottom of this post. I’ve given up on the idea that I’ll ever turn this into a proper blog post, so a slideshow of photos is also included. Joy! Cocktails woooo! The things you find hanging on walls… Transcription: Saturday, May 7, 2022 … More Laura’s Journal: We eat, drink, and read our way through San Francisco

Laura’s Journals: Alcatraz, of course

Transcriptions of the journal pages in the photographs below can be found at the bottom of the page. I’ve stopped believing I’ll ever turn this into a proper blog post, so I’ve included photos here. The gulls do not care. Transcription: Thursday, May 5, 2022 GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION: ALCATRAZ ISLAND Welcome to San Francisco! … More Laura’s Journals: Alcatraz, of course