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Fort Bragg: A Moment to Say Thanks

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After selling our Ashland, Oregon home two months ago, Sue and I vowed to remain focused on the moment and make the most of our freedom.

We came to Fort Bragg, California, planning to stay a few days. The weather, charming town, spectacular trails, combined with fun times with old and new friends, have stretched our stay to three weeks.

Four state parks, practically within shouting distance of our camp at Pomo Campground, offer trails that took us to coastline scenes that exploded in beauty and to redwood giants that displayed their rugged beauty.

And my friend Bob, whom I met 10 years ago through an Ashland area bicycling club, invited me to join his biking group here. (Fort Bragg is his primary home.) Friendly members of the Seniors on Bikes (SOBs) welcomed me on several rides on the bike path along the coast to MacKerricher State Park.

We felt part of the community during our stay, taking part on the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, a fund-raiser for the local food bank and high school track and field team.

Now we say so long to Fort Bragg. Thanks for the memorable times. And for so many great moments.

You Are Invited to Walk With Me Again

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I am excited to announce that, three years in the making, my third trekking adventure book is published. I want to thank you for following Books and My Backpack and for your interest in my writing.

The John Muir Trail, which is one of eight distance paths I have been fortunate to walk, was so different than the others. It was 246 miles of wilderness beauty and challenges in California’s Sierra Nevada, one of the world’s most stunning landscapes.

This book is much more than a trekking story. A cast of intriguing characters enhance Hoofin’ It on the John Muir Trail, which holds new twists around every corner and over mountain passes that top 13,000 feet. It answers the question: Would I overcome my fear of heights and conquer Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental USA? As usual, my wife Sue walked with me and helped make this book possible.

Click on the cover to discover more.

Your support means more to me than you can imagine.

My appreciation, always.

Happy trails,

Reg