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Wandering Knight
by Kenneth Knight
The stories and adventures of a legally blind traveller with a passion for lightweight and ultralight-weight backcountry travel. Tips and ideas for getting the most out of all types of trips near and far.
Episodes
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NCT Solo Hike Part 2
It has been 9 years since I did a solo backpacking trip. That trip was my second Great Outdoors Challenge crossing of Socttland from Mallaig to Stonehaven. While that was a solo trip I probably met people every day and hiked with them at least some of the time. This hike on the North Country…
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NCT Summer Solo Backpacking Trip - Part 1
It has been 9 years since I did a solo backpacking trip. That trip was my second Great Outdoors Challenge crossing of Socttland from Mallaig to Stonehaven. While that was a solo trip I probably met people every day and hiked with them at least some of the time. This hike on the North Country…
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A Visit to the Upper Peninsula - Tahquamenon Falls and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
I hope you enjoy this audio journal. You can find a video that provides a slightly different glimpse of the trip here. Lower Tahquamenon Falls. Even though it is cloudy you will always be impressed when you come here. --May 23 2019 at 15:25. Paradise, MI, United States Tahquamenon Falls. The…
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Great Lakes Hikes 2018 Gathering
During the weekend before the 1999 firearms deer season would commence a group of people, all members of the old yahoo Groups GreatLakesHikes group, would arrive at the Birch Grove Schoolhouse for the first annual GLH Gathering. It is now 2018 and last weekend we held the 20th annual GLH/North...
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Backpacking Trip May 2018
I do not know how many times I have backpacked the Lakeshore Trail in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore over the past couple of decades. I have gone in both directions many times. This year, with 13 other people many with little to no backpacking experience, I would travel the trail once again…
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44th Annual Wheatland Music Festival
I don't know how many Wheatland Music Festivals I have attended. I know many who have been going for decades. It is a a festival full of music, workshops, dance, and good times. You might not enjoy all the music that you can find but chances are good you will find something you will like. In this...
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New Zealand: Waimangu Volcanic Valley
The Waimangu Volcanic Valley features numerous geothermal features. Mount Terawera erupted June 1886 destroying everything in the area and totally reshapedpp q the land. Lake Rotomahana grew 20 times in size and became North Island's deepest lake. The famed pink and white terraces vanished…
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New Zealand: The Coast to Coast Trail
The Coast to Coast Trail runs between Waitemata Harbor and Manukau Harbor in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is 10 miles long and does have some modest climbing , mostly up and then down Mt. Eden, the local high point. This is an urban walk but don't let that fool you. We saw a lot and were...
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New Zealand: the first two days
We have now been in Auckland for two days. Our first day we spent wandering around town: visiting the harbor, walking through some parks including part of what might be the largest park in Auckland - Auckland Domains -and getting a sense of the city. Once you get off of the main streets things…
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Fall Paddle: Argo Pond to Barton Dam 2016
It is a partly sunny afternoon. The temperature is warm enough with just a hint of coolness in the modestly blowing breeze. It's the last day Argo Canoe Livery will be open this year and I am taking advantage of the fine afternoon for one last paddle to Barton Dam and back. This is an easy paddle...
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Amsterdam Day 1 - August 5, 2016
Amsterdam Day 1 - August 5, 2016 Our first day in Amsterdam has come to a close. We spent it exploring beyond the immediate neighborhood. Our apartment is located near museums including the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum. Somewhat farther away we found , in due time, Central Station and even...
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Adventure May 2016, Days 1 through 3
SEKI Adventure Show Notes Part 1 Andy and I start our adventure in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI). There are many reasons a trip can be an adventure and only some of them ares strictly physical. I certainly would experience several of them during the trip. In part 1 we get things...
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Summer Work on the North Country Trail
It's time for summer trail maintenance on the North Country Trail (NCT). Andy and I maintain a section between 13 Mile road (Cleveland Drive) and 16 Mile Road in Newago County. The section also includes the side trail to Highbanks Lake Campground. All told the section is easily 6.5 miles long.…
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Top of the Park Wraps Up - Ann Arbor Summer Festival 2016
Top of the Park has wrapped up for another year. You can get more of a sense of what this year was like from the previous podcast (there are also some others in the queue if you look back far enough). In this one I feature bits of music from Shari Kane and Dave Steele, Whit Hill and the…
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Ann Arbor Summer Festival 2016
Ann Arbor Summer Festival runs for the last three weeks in June. It actually runs through the July 4 weekend. While the festival features numerous paid ticketed shows at the Power Center the real meat and potatoes of the event are, I feel, to be found at the Top of the Park. There you'll find…
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The Cantebury Tales in West Park
West Park hosts a variety of events in the summer. The Penny Seats Theater (penny's eats.org) are doing two shows this year. Now, and the weekend of June 30, 2016, they're doing a version of The Cantebury Tales.
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Muskegon River Fly Fishing Trip, June 2016
It is the second weekend of June and I am finally joining Paul Haan and Eric Doyle with Eric's Friend Jamison for a weekend of fly fishing. This would , for Jamison and me, be our first fly fishing excursion and it quickly became clear that we had a lot to learn as we tried to catch our first…
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North Country Trail Spring 2016
Join me, Andy, Elwira, and Luna (the dog) on a camping weekend in mid-Spring on the North Country Trail. We do trail maintenance and a bunch of hiking along the NCT in the area of Baldwin, Michigan. Learn more about the NCT at the northcountrytraitl.org website.
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#44: 42nd Annual Wheatland Music Festival
This year I attended the 42nd annual Wheatland Musci Festival. I am not sure how many I have been too; less than 10 but certainly at least 8. That may seem like alot but compared to many I'm a piker. Paul Haan has probably attended 25 and I know people who have attended nearly every festival....
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Special Nights in Ann Arbor
New post by Kenknight
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#43: Jordan River Pathway Loop Backpacking Trip
Who is happier about this hike? I think Jim probably is. Kip though would enjoy himself though scampering through the woods when Jim was sure no one else was about. The Jordan River Pathway and North Country Trail form an 18-mile loop. Located in the northwestern part of Michigan’s Lower…
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#42: Play Ball
It has been a very long time since I went to a major league baseball game. Since Andy had to work on Thursday, just before we would head up north for our backpacking weekend at Pictuted Rocks National Lakeshore, I was able to go to a Detroit Tigers baseball game at Comerica Park.
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Baseball
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#41: North Country Trail Maintenance, Spring 2015
Three times a year I join Andy Mytys and Joh Lawton and we drive west and north towards Lake Michigan to maintain a section of the North Country Trail (NCT). Our section runs about 6.5 miles from 13 Mile Road (north) to 16 Mile Road (south) in Newago County. You usually can find something…
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Night Camp, Spring Trail Maintenance on the NCT
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Music and Life
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#40: Alley of the Glaciers
On the weekend of January 24 and 25th, 2015 I joined nine other adventurous kayakers to paddle a stretch of the Manistee River between Tippy DAm and Rainbow Bend. It would be a good adventure with plenty to learn and experience for all. The trip was organized by the Fortune Bay Expedition Team....
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Change of Mind
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New Years 2014-15
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#39: Great Lakes Hikes 16th Annual November Gathering
Photo by Paul Haan For a few minutes the sun broke through the overcast. It didn't last long but was nice to see for the time it was visible. This is the 16th annual November GreatLakesHikes Gathering. The weekend before firearms deer season opens here in Michigan members of the GreatLakesHikes...
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Good Morning Menaggio
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Madrid and Toledo update
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41st. Wheatlabd music Festival day 1
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Mackinac bridge Sunday update
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Bridge walk Friday wake up
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#38: Rolling sculpture 2014
today July 11, 2014 was the 20th rolling sculpture car show here in Ann Arbor. I have not been to all of them by any means but I do try to go when I can. Even though I, naturally since I am legally blind, do not drive. There is something special about seeing a plethora of cars from a variety of...
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#37: Ann Arbor Summer Festival Top of the Park, 2014
There is about one week left before the Ann Arbor Summer Festival closes its doors for 2014. Top of the Park is in full swing and I've been a few times already to this basically free outdoor music festival. Their is quite a variety of music to be heard as well as the regularly scheduled movies. I...
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Top of the Park
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Sunset and Moonrise on the Huron River
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#36: Class of 1989 25th Year Reunion
On the weekend of June 7-8, 2014 the College of Wooster hosted its annual alumni class reunion weekend. This would be the 25th year reunion for my class of 1989. It would also be the first time I have attended a class reunion. I've never been endowed with a large amount of what you might call...
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West Highland Way Days 6-8
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West Highland Way Days 3-5
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West Highland Way Days 1-2
Our trek so far from Milngavie to Rowardennan.
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Rhode Island beach walk.mp3
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#35: Manistee River Trail March Winter Weekend 2014
It has been a while since I've managed to go on any winter backpacking trips. In fact, it has been several years since I've actually done more than day hiking in the winter even if some of those trips were based out of rustic cabins in places like Wilderness State Park by Mackinaw City or the...
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#34: North Country Trail Spring Maintenance 2014
On the weekend of April 11, 2014 Andy, Elwira, John and I went out to do our spring trail maintenance. Our section of North Country Trail runs from 13 Mile Road to 16 Mile Road (Newago County, Michigan) and includes the side trail to Highbank Lake Campground. All told this is about 6.4 miles of...
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using all our senses
We are visual creatures but we have other senses. One of which is little talked about: smell. I think certain scents can be incredibly evocative and certain smells can be terribly annoying but we don't want to forget that least talked about sense. Sorry about the end but audioboo doesn't let you...
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beer-based communities
Communities are an important part of life and you realize that when you are only on the edge of them.
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Post Manistee River Trail Trip Report
Our weekend backpacking trip along the Manistee River Trail was quite a success. I'll have much more to say later on with photos, videos, and writing. You can get a jump on the photos by checking out the flickr album at flickr.com/wanderingkenknight (Manistee River Trail, 3-2014).
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The stories and adventures of a legally blind traveller with a passion for lightweight and ultralight-weight backcountry travel. Tips and ideas for getting the most out of all types of trips near and far.
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