Backpacker Stories

While backpacking the Appalachian Trail with her best friend Katie Lincoln, Elizabeth Montgomery meets a mysterious boy...

Welcome to a tale revealing an inspirational journey from beginnings of a mundane, dead-end existence to the political global hotspot of a country preparing for war against the US and it's allies and then on to a modern day quest for love, ultimately found in a most unlikely part of the world. Along the way are thoughts, observations and emotions mixed in with quizzical short stories, pop poetry, jottings, snip-bits, enthralling images and an underlying bent towards finding the lighter side of all things which pop up in the course of events. However, an undertone transcends the entire publication of never, ever give up. Enjoy the stimulation...

Amanda lived her life like everyone else else, with goals and dreams. But her job has its requirements, and she can only get 3 straight weeks of personal time this year, so she decided to go backpacking in the Smoky Mountains. Under normal circumstances, it would've been the vacation of a lifetime! Mountains, waterfalls, and wildlife. But ahat she doesn't know, is that she will get lost & become very afraid of the night... Her brain focuses on every sound, and eventually her fears are confirmed. She hangs onto the hope that daylight will come, and soon! But at what cost, will it cost her sanity or her life?

Nightvale if you look, Cecilos if you squint. From a different perspective than we usually see. 1st person perspective, pretty short

Luke Harris never understood loneliness, he had a great set of friends, a supportive family. Yet Loneliness haunted Eleanor Morgan, a girl that Luke never expected to befriend. From Australia to around the world Eleanor's loneliness turns into happiness. Cover from Pinterest

The end of the world is supposed to be thrilling, but for the timid Chell, it feels like just another Tuesday. With her family and job gone for good, she gathers her belongings and sets out in search of new beginnings. She soon realizes that the apocalypse has its own agenda, forcing her to face her deepest fears and redefine what it means to truly live.

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Yosemite National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the world and is best known for its waterfalls, but there are a number of short hikes in Yosemite that offer stunning views. This blog takes you on a tour around the best day hikes in Yosemite.

Having backpacked around the world for the last 10 years and tasting all parts of society; learning languages, cooking local recipes, experiencing alternative lifestyles, and having short-lived relationships, this book of poetry looks at a six month period of the author's life while in south-east Asia and Europe. Not to mention that, yes, people can have bouts of depression in between all the excitement of being a world traveler. 'Part One - Experimenting' shows the author's first foray into poetry, concentrating on, and having fun with, rhyming words especially.

Stories from my tavel journey --- The Walker (Trip Notes - Lisbon) Jacaranda (Fiction - Rome) Stray Dogs (Trip Notes - Zagreb) Shearwaters, Crows and Wolves (Fiction - Canary I.) The Thousand Wars of a Traveler (Trip Notes - Beograd) Natural Force (Trip Notes - Athens) One More Hour (Fiction - Sicily)