"A Brother Shares Childhood Memories, and Grown-Up Dreams and Adventures!”

What another great year hiking with MacGyver; one adventure (or challenge!) after another and I feel priviledged and honored to have spent 29 days this year in Virginia with him hiking the AT. MacGyver, was a joy to hike with and he never failed to enjoy himself as did I (....and he also kept me out of harms way a few times!).......AND he always had that infectious smile on his face......

MacGyver also had a lot happening ON the trail.......and in true "MacGyver" fashion he overcame EVERY challenge thrown at him. For example......

....And unfortunately on day 16, MacGyver badly twisted his knee crossing a wet and treacherous wooden bridge. But no worries....he found a fallen tree, carved it into a walking stick....and didn't miss a beat!

....AND THEN...... MacGyver had his tent pillow spring a leak (and you gotta have a pillow when sleeping on the ground!)! What else possibly could happen one may ask?? But MacGyver never missed a beat and did "major surgery" on his pillow, in the woods, literally making a small incision in it removing the inflatable air bladder, plugging the leak with duck tape/glue/mud/sutures/etc., then re-inserting back into the pillow cover......and sewed it up using pine needles and spider webs for thread :). He had it repaired in no time.....while still hiking up a mountain!

Thanks Bro for sharing yet another great AT adventure with me.....it would definitely not have been the same without you....