Soggy Bottom Girls

Overnight in the cabin, Tropical Storm Cindy descended on us. Lightning flashed all night and I couldn’t hear the thunder over the sound of my mother’s snoring. My feet were freezing due the prune-like state of saturation they had been in all day. I should have worn my Gore-Tex boots. The heater had been set [...]

Overnight at Leconte Lodge

(Here’s the first part of this story, if you are just joining in.) Eight hours after the start of our hike, my mother and I made it to the top of Mount Leconte without having anyone Air lifted out of there. The highlight of the walk was stepping through llama poop and walking the entire [...]

Don’t take a hike with your mother

Don’t ever go on a hike with your mother. These are words of wisdom that I wish I would have known about before I attempted Mount Leconte with my mother. You see, my mother is blind in one eye, diabetic, and recently has a trick hip. This story began a few years ago after a [...]