We continue to prepare for our upcoming hike. The holidays are over and we suspended some of the preparation and focus of the hike while attending to those ...

One day, a few years ago, Stephen and I were hiking around here. We were both wearing matching hats and took a selfie of ourselves. Later when we looked at...

I read the book, Beautiful Boy, on the plane going to visit Bryan in rehab. I think at that time I was still trying to understand how we got to where we wer...

There is a tradition on the AT, that hikers carry a 'trail name'. The pure hiker-way is to be given your name once on the trail. It has been something that...

Starting in Harper's Ferry on April 1st Karen and Stephen will hike south to GA to raise awareness about drug overdose. In about 4.5 months Stephen and I wil...