Living In The Moment

Thanks, Winkle, for sending this song my way. I REALLY like it.




I will not waste my days 
Making up all kinds of ways 
To worry about all the things 
That will not happen to me

So I just let go of what I know I don't know 
And I know I only do this by 
Living in the moment 
Living my life 
Easy and breezy 
With peace in my mind 
I got peace in my heart 
 Got peace in my soul 
Wherever I'm going, 
I'm already home 
I'm living in the moment~ JASON MRAZ - LIVING IN THE MOMENT LYRICS



 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?  ....Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." Matt: 6:25-34

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again

I began my third try on the Appalachian Trail today. I could not have asked for a more beautiful day.

I started where I left on March 22 - Stecoah Gap, NC about 9:30 after leaving home @ 5:30 am. Nick hiked with me about an hour and we made it up Jacob's Ladder - steep climb of .6 mile. He walked back to the car and moved the car to where I would stop for the day (7.7 miles).

Met thru-hikers Boogie & Zooky on climb up Jacob's Ladder. I slack packed to give my foot and ankle an easier start and that made the climb doable but not effortless. Met Hamster a little farther down the trail. Beautiful day!

Trail magic @ Yellow Creek Mt. Rd. Enjoyed a hamburger and beer along with John Wayne (18 yrs. fr Dawsonville, GA and Napalm (orig. from Calif. ). Made a video @ hope to post later. Hamster was there too. Conversation and Triton thru-hiked a couple of years ago and wanted to give back to hikers this year because they had received so much during their time on the trail; they had served 24 hikers today.


Was happy with 7.7 miles in 3.5 hrs. Wish I could do that with my pack. Maybe in time. Massaging, icing, stretching foot & will apply Voltaren Gel.

Mass at 8:30 tomorrow and back out for about the same miles and I'll arrive Fontana Dam.

I also met Morris the Cat today; he had a bad experience with hypothermia but St. Nick came to his rescue. Jade and puppy, Otis, are here to help him recuperate

We had dinner at a Mexican Restaurant in Robinsville and as luck would have it, Don's Brother and another hiker were there having dinner. I had corresponded with Don's Brother through trailjournals.com; he's from Georgia too. I thought I might meet him one day on the trail when he would pass me. We met at a restaurant instead. I introduced Nick who was wondering why I had hugged this stranger and was talking with him... Looking forward to tomorrow.