…Change Is Good ............They Say………

I Thought this post I made on Flickr.com September 05 2009 would be a good place to start my

blog of my upcoming trip to Hike the Appalachian Trail……..

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I am going through some huge changes in my life…
This is blocked for friends only, I am a very private person and I like
to keep it that way.

I stopped coloring my hair……..I never admitted to coloring my hair ever…..LOL!!!
Yes the braids are gone with the handle bars of my moustache; I grew it for several years
And change is good they say……

Thirty some years ago I left the US. Marines and bought a camper, the kind that fits inside
The back of a pickup truck. I worked a steady job but bounced around living at the beach
In southern California or I would move to the mountains for a bit. Life was great I had no bills and I felt free……

I am in the process of buying a travel trailer.
I am giving away 95% of all my possessions
I will work for one more year in New York City.
Then I start my working retirement with a bang……

I’m hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in late winter or early spring 2011
That depends on a sobo or nobo (south or north bound) trip.
I have read four books on it all ready and it will take me a year to plan it correctly

After my hike of nearly 2200 hundred miles I’ll go back to my truck and camper, probably live and work in Florida for the winter and study the wild orchids of the Florida Everglades pass on my research to the local botanist and……. hit the road again………

I want to do all the things I dreamt of before I die……….
It’s all about living in nature making discoveries and teaching ……

I’m going back to my old ways……….Back to the wild where I belong….
I will keep a journal and use Flickr as a blog.

…………….Change Is Good They Say……….

With this change I have taken on a new name.........

.................Puma Ghostwalker..............