Thanks for NewYorkology for the mention and the reminder that early season hiking is in full swing. Just got off the phone with our local Department of Conservation and they confirm that there has been no formal warning for mud closures as of yet. Trail conditions in the High Peaks are reported to be ‘frosty’. If we can get past the next couple of weeks without heavy rain, there is a good possiblility we may not have our traditional ‘mud season‘.
Don’t forget your bug dope.
I can’t put in words how amazed I am every morning to not hear that the lawsuit against Maine blogger Lance Dutson has been dropped. The WKP Advertising and the State of Maine by association are playing a game of chicken they cannot possibly win. At this point, WKP might as well quit and change their name forever. The search results to this story will haunt them forever and there is no amount of money that will change that.
An interesting press release landed in my reader today about a company in France offering what is referred to as ‘Stealth Tourism’. Basically this is seeing France from the place of an insider. The concept is not really new, but still worth considering. I question the ‘reality’ of the France they hope to reveal. Sounds more like a strange Gallic Potemkin Village type experience. How about an insider’s tour of the Muslim ghettoes with some car burning thrown in? I digress…
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