https://freerepublic.com/tag/lostcoast/ en-us Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:21:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398790/posts Where I’ve been, followed by some brief thoughts about politics and news. Trying to act on my much-repeated message that the world is crazy but you don’t have to be, I just jumped on an invitation to hitchhike on an old friend’s backcountry permit. It’s an area I’ve been camping in for decades, but not a part of it that I’ve walked, so I went online and read about the place we were going before we started a few days of backpacking. Then I went there, and I’m still not convinced that the Internet connects very well to real life.... Tell Me How This Ends https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398790/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:21:12 GMT