Next Best Thing to Hiking

Well the weather here in Southern Oregon is cold, cloudy/foggy, with an inversion layer making for poor air quality.  Needless to say, we have not been out hiking since our last post two weeks ago.

So what does a hiker do when they can't hike??  The next best thing -- look at pictures/videos of past hikes!!!  This activity serves two functions for us: 1) it encourages us that spring, summer and autumn will come and with them some great hikes and 2) it stimulates the little grey cells of the brain (something we need at this age) to remember and revisit those hikes done in the past.

Over the last month we have created two hiking videos.  One is a video of pictures from our hikes last year when we completed 46 hikes.  The other video contains some of our favorite photos from hikes we have taken from 2006 - 2011.  We added music to each video and they can be found on YouTube by searching for "tablerocktrekker".  For your convinience, we have attached them to this blog.  If you have questions about any of the pictures, videos, hikes, etc or comments, please send them to our hiking email -  tablerocktrekker@gmail.com

We have also updated our blog site to include links to some of our favorite hiking blogs:

• "Walking with Wired" is a young lady in the Portland, Oregon area that hiked the Pacific Crest Trail recently and is planning to hike the Continental Divide trail this year and the Appalachian Trail next year. 
• "Hiking Fools" and "Scenes from the Trail" are two couples in Oregon who are planning on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this year
• "Richard Hikes" is a fellow hiker in the Douglas County area who hikes as often as possible.  Last year he hiked over 350 miles and usually blogs each hike and includes pictures.
• "Southern Oregon Hiking" is William Sullivan's website that allows you to see 100 hikes in the region along with distance, driving directions and descriptions of the trails.  You can also search his website for hiking information throughout Oregon, not just Southern Oregon.

Hope you visit each website and take a look at our videos.  Maybe you will start to catch the hiking fever and be ready to do some trekking when the early spring arrives that Punxsutawney Phil predicted.

Trekking Together

Glenn and Carol