You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers

about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis,

joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.

Hi guys, and thanks so much for coming back to the show.

You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Tril, the ultimate midlife crisis, which is somewhat appropriate as I'm currently experiencing my own technical crisis right now as I've been putting the show together. If you're hearing it, it must have kind of worked out, though I'll definitely need to make some changes for next week. I suspect there's going to be some, I don't know, spooky sound differences, but we just have to see how it turns out. Still, you need and worry about that. You just need to sit back and listen to our show. Today we have Rob Landry, or Fly By Night. Rob's another member of the class of 2020, and we actually communicated earlier in the year when he was partway through his hike. he was talking about writing a book on hiking in the year of the class of 2020 and we actually communicated earlier in the year when he was partway through

his hike. He was talking about writing a book on hiking in the year of the pandemic and he was asking

for some kind of publishing advice. Well, when he concluded his hike this year, he reached out again

and I invited him on the show. He's got a really refreshing attitude and I think you're going to

enjoy his story, though it does have something of a surprise ending. Rob will be along soon. After Rob this week, I've got the second in our

segment of discovering the ATC, with Leanna Joyner telling us about the volunteer opportunities at

ATC. Then, Mr President is in Virginia and about to do the Virginia Triple Crown. Finally, Fossey is back with his book balancing on blue, where the team have reached the whites. So let's get on and meet Rob Landry. You may hear a bit of crackling from time to time. I'm not sure what was happening. I've seen to have all the sound grimace at the moment. But Rob may have been fiddling with his mic or a bit of paper. It isn't too bad, though.

Here's Rob.

So let's meet today's guest. He was a member of this year's class of 2020. This is Rob Landry or

Fly by Night. How are you, Rob? Doing well, Steve. Great to be here.

Well, good to have you on the show.

And first off, why on earth were you fly by night?

Not many people have three names.

Yeah, well, I had a friend who hiked the AT a few years ago, and he said, well, you know,

you might want to come up with your own name just to have one ready to go rather than have someone give you a name that you might not particularly want.

So shortly before I left for my hike, Neil Pert, who's the drummer from the group Rush, passed away.

And it reminded me back when I was in high school, I was in a garage band with good friends of mine.

And Fly by Night was the first song that we learned how to play by Rush.

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