Episode #365 - Mike (Blaze Dog) and Marla Hansen (Shows Up)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Our guests today are a husband and wife couple who worked out their own way to share the Appalachian Trail experience, even though only one of them walked the full 2200 miles. Mike and Marla Hansen used their RV to assist Mike's hike, working out a routine that would be attractive to many, I'm sure.
Marla did a lot of the resupply, as well as hiking into some of the iconic spots on the trail and supported Mike's dream throughout. Their method is a way of sharing the journey that certainly worked for them and would make a great blueprint for couples with different goals about long distance hiking.
You can follow their journey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blazedog72/
Two of our Class of 23 members are heading out this week. Both Betty McEnaney and Erin Conrad (along with her Mom), are hitting the trail as their dreams come to fruition in the next couple of days. We wish them both Happy Trails!!
Doctor Lynne is coming to the end of her segment of the show, but we'd like to offer listeners the opportunity to ask her medical questions directly. Just click on the microphone icon at https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/ and you can record a message of up to two minutes, which I'll play on the show for Lynne to respond.
If you'd like to find out more about "Then The Hail Came," check out George's website at https://georgesteffanos.webador.com/. You can also find George's book on Amazon at this link. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QFG4ZR6.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.3 | 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. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey guys, welcome back to the show. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. I am Mighty Blue, or Steve Adams. This week, we've got a husband and wife who |
| 0:43.0 | set out to do the trail a little differently. Mike Hansen had wanted to do the AT for a while, |
| 0:49.5 | and because the two of them had missed quite a bit of each other's lives as Mike was in the military, |
| 1:11.9 | his wife, Marla Hansen, didn't want to miss out on his adventure and have another bout of separation. So they worked it out. Quite how they worked it out, we're going to find out in a moment. They've got a great little story and I'm sure you're going to love it. Two more of our class of 2023 start this week with Betty McEnany, who brought brought her husband Bruce along with her to our Woodtold weekend last October. Betty is starting this coming Saturday the 18th |
| 1:16.9 | at Springer. She's kind of an indomitable spirit and we're going to hear from Betty in a moment. |
| 1:21.9 | Also starting this week, in fact today, if you're listening on Thursday morning as this comes out, |
| 1:26.5 | is Erin Conrad and her |
| 1:28.1 | mum. We'll hear from both Betty and Erin after we listen to Mike and Marla. Then Dr. Lynn, |
| 1:33.7 | in that wonderfully clinical way that doctors have, will tell us all about the joys of intestinal |
| 1:39.6 | problems on the trail. Lovely. After Lynn, we'll hear the beginning of the 15th chapter of George Tophanus's |
| 1:46.3 | Then the Hell Came, when George has a zero day that doesn't go quite a plan. |
| 1:52.5 | So let's get on with it and here our Mike and Marla had a big adventure last year. |
| 1:56.9 | Here they are. |
| 2:00.8 | Our guest today are husband and wife team. |
| 2:04.1 | This is Mike Marla Hansen. |
| 2:05.8 | Hey guys, how are you? |
| 2:07.1 | Hi. |
| 2:07.5 | I'm doing well. |
| 2:08.0 | How are you? |
| 2:09.2 | I'm good. |
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