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Adventures of Jim, Sherry and Lily
Whether at sea or on land, one thing is sure: We plan to live life to its fullest.
A place for family and friends to have a peek at the next chapter of our lives--"The Second Retirement"
A Memorial
Jim and I spent 14 cherished years full of love, beauty and adventure with a tenacious and energetic Parson's Terrier named Lily. In those 14 years, where we rarely spent a moment without her, she gave us unimaginable joy. In December while still at the marina in Guaymas, Mexico working on a few boat maintenance projects, Lily wasn't her energetic, happy self and was not able to keep food down. We drove her to the nearest big city, Hermasillo, to a pet hospital. Her kidneys h
What's Next???
So...we are driving across the Mississippi River on the way home to New Mexico and Jim says, "Maybe for our next adventure we should raft...
Bonus Edition!
As you can imagine, there have been many things I have wanted to talk about in our blog along the way, but just never seemed to have the...
Welcome to Vermud!
Jim finished up Massachusetts and hiked through Vermont in just a weekâgood riddance! He has been the least impressed with the AT through...
A Brand New Day
I dropped Jim off for his first day hiking without me. It was a bit emotional for Jim as his hike has become a very different kind of...
Evaluate and Adapt
We took the long, steep, sideways blue blaze to the West Mountain Shelter in order to see the New York City skyline lit up at night....
I Want to Be a Part of It...
For our first night returning to the trail in Wawayanda State Park, we were greeted with trail magic that turned into a nice evening of...
Goodbye Painsylvania, Hello New Joyzee
Our hike from Pine Grove to Wind Gap turned out being quite eventful. We extended our zero days due to impending rainstorms that lasted...
What's in a Name
Our first day out of Boiling Springs was a big 15-mile hike to the next water source at Darlington Shelter. It seemed that it should have...
Rocksyvania!
After taking a "zero" (hiker lingo for not walking any miles for the day), we returned to the trail walking passed the Mason Dixon Line...
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