June 13, 2016

Sure that we would miss the Castella post office's limited hours, we set out with the intention of finishing the 27 miles into town before the general store closed at 9:00pm -

June 12, 2016

We awoke with a beautiful view of the sunrise. It was a brisk morning and Rickets and Loopy set off before me while I took some extra time for stretching. It was a

June 11, 2016

At 6:30am I gave up on sleeping and, tired of listening to the two upstairs, packed up and headed into town to see what was open. The general store opened at 7:

June 10, 2016

Rickets and I knew when we woke up that we would be making it in to Etna by the evening. At just over 30 miles away it would be our longest day on

June 9, 2016

The morning was fairly unremarkable. We had a climb up to a ridge line and then cruises along that until we reached the base of Mount Etna midday. Along the way we met

June 8, 2016

Waking up was difficult for all three of us - not sure if it was the hard packed ground we were sleeping on, the 5 days of off-trail bedtimes, or a combination of

June 7, 2016

It was a slow morning as Rickets had to repackage all our food. Once on the trail we spent the morning walking through the remnants of a burn a few years before. We

June 2-5, 2016

The 4 days I was back in Boston felt like a blur. Thursday was spent catching up with friends. I had only told one person I was coming back so there were a