My name is Ed Dixon. I've had a couple of nicknames in life between Mozart at Purdue that then followed me to Des Moines then Buffalo and later SpiralBlue which I used as a unique name about 20 years ago for an online game from a band name I was in and it has stuck …
And There I Was…
(And Where I've Been the Last Several Months) My eyes had been open but my brain hadn't been remembering anything for hours. I was hearing the beep of a heart rate monitor in a hospital bed and trying to remember how I got there. My head hurt. Something seriously went wrong and I had no …
The Day the World Stopped
It's an unprecedented weird time in history when you have the first national ban on assembly ever in the United States. This is step one of martial law and we should all take note of that. It speaks volumes of what they are not telling us. I agree, it sucks the thought of bedding down …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 4)
Waking up this last morning, I could feel the fire in my legs. Everything had tightened up overnight. I guess I should have expected it for day 3. I was expecting it yesterday. I sat up and began to stretch. I had mentioned making sure to bring the ibuprofen, also in the "Geezer's Guide to …
Cutting the Cord…mostly..
If you know me personally, I am someone who you would think "cut the cord" a long time ago however I've been a hold out waiting for something easy to manage. Everything you need (not shown is the antenna already in use). Why? I'm in IT and can manage about anything you throw at me, …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 3)
The Greenbelly hit my stomach a little hard today. Yesterday I absolutely loved the small lunchable bar. Today for some reason it just felt heavy. I took a few more drinks and we headed back down the trail. The slopes on this side of the river are all sand. Lunch was a good rest but …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 2)
Overnight the temps had cooled off nicely. Enough to dry off and I ended up crawling underneath the sleeping bag. The stream was running a few feet past the door of my tent and everything was calm. No horns, lawnmowers, cars, motorcycles, or city sounds. Almost disturbing but not. Noises most of us get so …
Manistee River Loop Trail (part 1)
It was a somewhat cool 70 degree but humid morning, the temps had been hot and humid the last few days and today looked like another one. I was on the road by 2 AM on July 4th as planned after spending the last few weeks planning and prepping every last detail of my pack …
Prepping…Anxiety or Excitement?
So I've started prepping out and making an inventory of my gear to hit the Manistee River Trail loop soon. Being about 5 days out from dropping into the trail, I'm going over my list and making sure I'm not 10 miles down the trail realizing I missed something crucial. For me, I can be …
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