tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362363168347614350Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:51:08 +0000Everything you never wanted to know and then some.http://mikesnewscom.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (mike higgins)Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362363168347614350.post-214641958959622531Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:13:00 +00002018-10-29T06:54:22.515-05:00 Ozark Trail - Taum Sauk  This was my second backpacking trip out on the Ozark Trail.  Back in December of 2016 made my first backpacking trip covering the Courtois section of the OT, you can read that post down below.  This time my good friend Patrick joined me to cover the Taum Sauk section of the OT.  The section is 36 miles and takes you over Ketcherside Mountain,  http://mikesnewscom.blogspot.com/2018/10/ozark-trail-2018-taum-sauk-section.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike higgins)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362363168347614350.post-6743162749110566957Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:46:00 +00002017-04-05T23:21:36.039-05:00It had been a few years since I had done a 70.3 distance race and I was feeling the itch to do one in 2017 but I wasn't 100 percent sure which one.  But as fortune would have it one of my buddies was drinking, signed up for Galveston 70.3 and then sent me and another friend a screenshot of his registration...not long after I was signed up as well.  As a side note, this is how I got http://mikesnewscom.blogspot.com/2017/04/ironman-703-galveston-2017.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike higgins)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362363168347614350.post-739531257576997463Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:33:00 +00002018-10-28T21:13:51.368-05:00 Ozark Trail - Hazel Creek to Onondaga  About 20 months ago my good friend Patrick let me borrow his copy of A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson.  This book is a first hand account of 2 men who backpack parts of the Appalachian Trail.   After reading that I fell in love with the idea of backpacking long distances and more importantly being outdoors. I quickly searched for http://mikesnewscom.blogspot.com/2016/12/ozark-trail-2016.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mike higgins)2