{"id":3482,"date":"2009-09-16T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T00:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2009-09-16T16:07:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T00:07:54","slug":"ok-class-tell-us-about-your-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/09\/16\/ok-class-tell-us-about-your-summer-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"OK, class, tell us about your summer vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, after three address changes and one (probably permanent) career change, it’s time to get back to this business of blogging about hiking. Main motivator: Two Heel Drive has slipped to No. 2 in the “hiking blog” rankings on Google<\/a> for the first time since I started it in October 2005. (Current leader: The Sock Site’s list of hiking blogs<\/a>.) This humiliation must not stand.
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\nI know a few of you are still milling around, stopping in now and again and wondering when I’m going to lace up and get some dirt-walking done. Well, it’s like this: where I used to have 50 hiking options within 30 miles, I now have two. The numbers get a lot better if I widen my target range to about 100 miles, but I need to work on my motivation. So how about helping me out with some tales of your adventures? <\/p>\n

I noticed that Calipidder was back in the High Sierra<\/a> and experienced the usual splendor (it’s like you could throw your camera up in the air with the auto shutter release set at 2 seconds and whatever you get is postcard quality, assuming you catch the cam before it smashes on the rocks.) <\/p>\n

Also, props most go out to SmokyScout, one of my new neighbors down Charlotte way, who had a grand adventure in the Grand Tetons. <\/a> Speaking of Carolina hills, Postcards from the Smokies<\/a> is a worthy blog, as is the Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

(Hey, I’m feeling more motivated already). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, after three address changes and one (probably permanent) career change, it’s time to get back to this business of blogging about hiking. Main motivator: Two Heel Drive has slipped to No. 2 in the “hiking blog” rankings on Google…<\/p>\n

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