Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Great news, rare Chestnut survives!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 283 views

Hey fellow tree-lovers.. great news from the Sandusky Register website. It appears that there is a 89 foot tall Chestnut tree thriving in a 465-acre Sheldon Marsh preserve. Article as follows... Rare chestnut tree survives at Sheldon By TOM JACKSON | Monday March 24 2008, 12:42pm HURON TWP. Erie County harbors a rare ...

I could throw up.

Monday, February 25th, 2008 167 views

I actually had a great day today, fantastic really.  I'll talk it about it in a later post.  However, I was doing a bit of research and while I'm not interested in discussing the details, I ran across this. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-07-31-gen-mod-trees_x.htm Actually, I ran across that company's website. .I just wish not to ...

Hello world!

Friday, February 24th, 2006 245 views

Welcome to my blog, HikingMatt.com.. I'm shocked too that this domain was still available, but it's mine now, allll mine! Here I will be posting my adventures and most assuredly, misadventures about my hiking trips, more specifically the Appalachian Trail.. so, follow along if you will and prepare ...

fire ignited here

Sunday, February 19th, 2006 188 views

Every now and then, people ask where this whole “AT thing” started. The story starts wayyy back in High School with a schoolmate named Ed Wren. He was in the grade above me and our group (mishmash of both grades) was always out having fun, seeing concerts like the Violent ...