Category: Past Time

in Kentucky, Travels
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Legacy Trail

15 miles through Lexington and up to the Kentucky Horse Park on the Legacy Trail on my trusty Trek.

Going to stretch and head back. The CamelBak is working great. Only thing I wish I had was… More padding! ;)

in Hikes, Kentucky, My reviews

Hiking Barefoot in Kentucky with Vibram Fivefingers Shoes

About 2 weeks ago I purchased my first pair of vibram fivefingers shoes and I have not looked back since. Here is my personal vibram fivefingers review.
I had seen other wearing them and after researching the idea behind barefoot running, barefoot hiking, and Vibram’s initiative to create shoes to enhance the experience I was intrigued.  I am a big believer in doing things naturally.

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in Amatuer Radio, Travels, Videos

Listening to ARISSAT-1

This weekend Ella and were hiking the The Boulevard Trail in the Smokey Mountains.  Being so high up I took advantage of the elevation and began scanning 2 meter frequencies.  My FT-60 stopped at 145.995 mhz and I heard a faint transmission.

“This is ARISSAT-1 RS01″

I immediately recognized this as an Amateur Radio satellite transmission. I did my best to capture the transmission via video (below), however I later discovered that the video camera was actually creating interference.  Thanks to iMovie I was able to tweek the audio in this video so that it was more understandable. Enjoy the video!

in Hikes, Travels

Hike To Rocky Top

It was Helen and my 1 year anniversary and to celebrate we decided to hike Rocky Top, TN.   We could not think of a better to way to celebrate!

We headed out, from Berea, KY,  at 3am and made it to our favorite Pancake House in Gatlinburg, TN in just a few hours.  The idea was to get down there before the rest of civilization found out that we wanted to go there for the weekend. So far our plan was working perfectly. Continue Reading