Episode #26 - Erin McKenzie (Camaro and Chevy)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Erin McKenzie loves her dogs. She hiked nearly half of the Appalachian Trail with her favorite, Chevy, before having to leave the trail through injury. Chevy was such a star that Erin was totally aware, yet totally happy, to be a sideshow in the Camaro and Chevy team. She then took on the Colorado Trail with three of her dogs, for reasons that will become apparent in her story. Her resilience and the strength that she found on both trails are inspirational.
These pictures of Chevy and Camaro together, and her three loaded-up dogs, convey the peace, the quiet, and the magnificence of both the Appalachian Trail and the Colorado Trail. Erin also sent me another couple of pics, once again with Chevy and one of the team of four at the finish of the Colorado Trail.
You can find Erin on Facebook and email her at emckenzie47@gmail.com. With Jessa vacationing in Europe, I took the opportunity to chat with Kate Schmidlin's mom, Jeanne. Kate was in episode #21, and I thought her instinct to suggest that I should speak with her mother was a good one. There can't be many tougher things for a mother to do than to wave goodbye to her daughter as she plunges into a forest. You'll really love Jeanne's attitude. Our old friend Grizz resurfaced recently in Florida and we spent several hours together, so I took the opportunity to record a fear and loathing section with him. As always, he was insightful and interesting. Please keep the reviews ticking over in iTunes. They really help me gain visibility (and often make me feel good at the same time). Lastly, don't forget that I'm relying on you, my listeners, to ask me questions you may have for this aging, fat, fool who thought that hiking 2100 miles for my first hike was a good idea. As it turned out, it really was a good idea. If you click here, you'll be taken to the SpeakPipe button.
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| 0:00.0 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:26.6 | It's Thursday again and we're up to episode number 26, which makes us almost exactly six months into this journey together. |
| 0:35.8 | Last week's episode with Everybody's Trail Angel, Miss Janet, was downloaded more than a |
| 0:41.0 | thousand times within 60 hours of its release. |
| 0:44.6 | While these aren't exactly NPR levels of audience participation, it was a sign to me that |
| 0:49.0 | the show is appealing to more people every week who are eager to hear how others have interacted |
| 0:53.7 | with the Appalachian Trail. |
| 0:55.6 | People who will never get to walk in the woods but who hike vicariously with some of my guests |
| 1:00.1 | while others just want to be taken back to that almost surreal time in their lives |
| 1:04.6 | that led them along this magical trail. |
| 1:07.4 | I fall very much into the latter category, reconnecting with that time in my life as I chat |
| 1:12.2 | with my brothers and sisters on the trail. |
| 1:15.4 | With Miss Janet's episode setting such a high bar, she was always going to be a tough |
| 1:20.0 | act to follow. |
| 1:20.9 | However, in Aaron McKenzie, I think I found another gem. |
| 1:25.2 | Spoiler alert here, by the way. |
| 1:27.4 | The main thrust of her story wasn't necessarily on the AT. |
| 1:30.6 | In fact, Erin wasn't even the main character. |
| 1:33.3 | Yet she tells what happened to her with such grace and composure that it makes for a |
| 1:37.1 | compelling listen. |
| 1:38.3 | She'll be coming up soon. |
| 1:40.2 | Our super organised hiker, Jessa, is now swanning around in Europe with a lovely mum, |
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