In these crazy, unsettled times, I'm focusing on finding gratitude for the good things in my life. I don't know about you, but to me...

While preparing this post, I looked back through this week's recaps on IG . The impromptu winter that started the week brought me down, ...

We have had an amazing fall--warm weather and beautiful colors! The leaves are starting to fall, but we've still got good color. I'm...

We wrapped up our trip to northern Wisconsin, completing another segment of the Ice Age Trail, and returning to Illinois on Monday. Even tho...

It was a week filled with challenges, but they were good challenges! I continued to add more miles to my total for the Mammoth Trail Challen...

Trail magic, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy , is finding what you need when you least expect it, experiencing rare nature, o...

Life has been very busy for me this fall, and it doesn't look to slow down anytime soon. I struggled to get my workouts in this week, bu...

What I want to know is: where is fall?  When I step onto the trails, it looks like fall, but it still feels like summer. Usually, this time ...

As I posted on my IG last Sunday , I woke up and I was older. Those birthdays just keep coming. There's not much I can do about that, bu...

Much like the week after a marathon, I needed some time to recover from my son's big wedding. It really was like a marathon. I was exhau...

It was hard to believe that the time had gone so fast since my son and his girlfriend had announced their engagement 15 months ago. But here...

... THE WEDDING . EEEK! It's here! Next week is my oldest son's wedding. All the planning is done and the big--very big--event takes...

Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer, but there's still plenty of summer-like weather left! We had some amazing weather thi...

I've been off work all week! I always take a week off in July and one in August because summer is just too short. Sometimes I have trave...

Our summer's theme of heat, humidity, and smoke continued this week. Last week's cooler temperatures felt so good, but they were jus...

I returned home on Sunday from Alabama and back to the steamy conditions we've been experiencing for most of summer. But by mid-week, co...

It was another hot, steamy week, but for me, a good one, both on and off the road.  My knee, while not completely silent, has been at least ...

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.   Oh, summer, how I await your arrival! After enduring months of cold weather, with the arri...

Not only did we have a lot of rain this week, but I also spent a lot of time on the water. I love being on the water, whether I'm in the...

' One day I won't be able to do this, but today is not that day . Today I fight!  ~ origin unclear, but perhaps paraphrased from J.R...