Bartram Trail Archives - Nancy East

Parental Rejuvenation

Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:24:00 +0000

Rejuvenation: To give new strength or energy to something. Somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind, I remember a time when I could drop everything effortlessly and spend a weekend in the woods, in order to hit my reset button. I was beholden to no one but myself. These days, not so much. When I’m...

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The Best Education

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:17:00 +0000

This past Saturday was a very special person’s birthday–my Mama. She would have been 65 if cancer had not robbed her life. Despite her absence here on Earth, I refuse to let April 11th pass without celebrating her birthday. Some years the act is as simple as baking a caramel cake (her favorite), but this year, it felt absolutely right...

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Spring Meandering on the Bartram Trail

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:55:00 +0000

I traveled to Blue Ridge, GA this past weekend for an annual reunion with my three best friends from high school. We have shared every emotion imaginable over the 29 years of our friendship, and I’m just as thankful for them in my life now as I was when we were cruising the streets of...

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Why I Love Winter Backpacking: Buckeye Gap to Hale Ridge Rd. on Bartram Trail

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:48:00 +0000

I was with my Mama the first time I went backpacking in winter. I wanted to be on the top of a mountain to ring in the new year and she wasn’t happy with me for planning to go solo. The decision for her to go was as simple as that. She had never backpacked before and would have...

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Appletree Campground to FS 1308

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 19:50:00 +0000

Last weekend, I was a guest at an intimate 40th birthday celebration for my dear friend, Diana. She asked the five of us in attendance what we thought was the best part of our year. The first thing that popped into my mind was “The Foothills Trail.” While the trail in and of itself is beautiful, it goes much deeper than that. It’s what...

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