{"id":4252,"date":"2010-06-20T06:04:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T14:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2010-06-20T06:15:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T14:15:05","slug":"blogs-of-two-heel-drive-commenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2010\/06\/20\/blogs-of-two-heel-drive-commenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs of Two-Heel Drive commenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No hikes this weekend, but the itch to blog must be scratched (hard to believe there&#8217;s any epidermis left after all these years, but I digress). Lately I&#8217;ve been seeing a burst of comments my hike posts, many from North Carolina hikers. For instance: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ourmuddyshoes.blogspot.com\/\">Silver Fox and Bullfrog:<\/a> Notable because it&#8217;s a father-and-son hiking blog, and because the son is just five years old. Of course as anyone who&#8217;s ever witnessed the energy output of the average five-year-old boy knows, this is a prime age for an introduction to hiking. A couple weeks back they <a href=\"http:\/\/ourmuddyshoes.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/trip-report-for-pilot-mountain-01-june.html\">hiked eight miles<\/a> with over a thousand feet of elevation gain.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lancemilks.blogspot.com\/\">The Trailmarker: <\/a> Lance Milks, who lives down the road in Greensboro, blogs about ultralight backpacking and fly fishing. If you&#8217;re into large steelhead trout, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/lancemilks.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/steelhead.html\">his video of some beasts he and his father reeled in<\/a> a few months back.  <\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureousliving.blogspot.com\/\">Adventurous Living:<\/a> Blogger Diane is into living dangerously in all the fun ways &#8212; skydiving, running rapids, <a href=\"http:\/\/adventureousliving.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/feeling-zippy.html\">zip-lining<\/a>.  I&#8217;m guessing her most fervent wish is Southwest Airlines will move into space travel tourism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuroo.com\/\">Adventuroo<\/a>; Melissa in Raleigh has two boys &#8212; a 3-year-old and a soon-to-be toddler &#8212; and a hubby who shares her urge to hit the trail.  Don&#8217;t miss her account of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuroo.com\/2010\/04\/little-roo-goes-hiking-a-lesson-learned\/\">first outing with three-month-old Little Roo<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More from the comments: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adayak.com\/blog\/\">Adayak Blog: <\/a> Lots of great links and outdoor info from Dave the Organic T-Shirt Guy. Dave is based in Florida but knows his way around the Southern Appalachians. Unlike so many so-called Internet entrepreneurs who seem to have only one goal in mind &#8212; tapping the wallets of gear buyers &#8212; Dave is using his blog to point to cool stuff he&#8217;s found online and to post original content like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adayak.com\/blog\/kraig-becker-interview-adventure-blog\/\">interview with Adventure Blogger Kraig Becker.<\/a> (Check out Dave&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluealpine.com\/\">Blue Alpine<\/a> blog for more outdoor-related stuff) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gambolinman.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/big-basin-redwoods-st-park-biking.html\">Gambolin Man on Big Basin biking.<\/a> I&#8217;m posting because GM mentioned this awhile back and it always seemed like a great way to check out the waterfalls at Big Basin Redwoods State Park without having to walk 10 miles. And you start\/finish at the ocean, a nice bonus. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlepo.com\/\">Little Po<\/a> is leading treks in China these days. I love the fact that most of her comments are typed in Chinese (and the fact that she has climbed mountains and scaled rocks that I would never dare to try &#8212; &#8220;Little&#8221; does not describe her appetite for adventure. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/my-favorite-hikes.com\/\">My Favorite Hikes<\/a>: Ken Shoufer has a bunch of Southern California hikes here, plus gear reviews and other hiking-related info.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough for now I suppose. Don&#8217;t hate me if I missed your blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No hikes this weekend, but the itch to blog must be scratched (hard to believe there&#8217;s any epidermis left after all these years, but I digress). 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