Southbounders Movie Review

Thought I would switch it up today a bit with a little movie review action. Last night on Netflix I watched an independent movie called Southbounders. It's your basic tale of a girl (Olivia) at the crossroads of life, please her daddy and go to college and be a doctor, or put that on hold to confront her fears and self confidence issues by hitting the trails for a 2,100 mile on the famous Appalachian Trail which goes from Maine to Georgia.
It's not a fast moving movie but the scenery is great and I really liked the soundtrack's vibe of hippie, mellow guitar rock. Perfect campfire music. You get to see and understand someone of the challenges one would have on such a long journey in the woods. Blisters, crappy weather, creatures going through your backpack, lack of hygiene, etc. Olivia also meets some characters along the way but there are two she ends up hiking with. Slackpack, the overweight funny guy who talks to much, and Rollin, who she starts to cozy up with.
I wish there would of been a little more action in this flix, I am sure they could of thought of a few things based on the subject matter of hiking over 2,000 miles in the woods. But this mostly a story about a girl with some inner issues she needs to figure out and the romance she starts up with Rollin. Hey I am not going to lie, this is normally not a movie for me, but since it was one of the few movies that co-starred the AT and I just came off a great hike over the weekend it was totally in my wheel house.
So if you love hiking, then yes this is a must see movie. If you are looking for a date movie or chick flix I would pass on this one and rent something like Love Actually (Widescreen Edition).
Wandering Poet review for Southbounders: 2 1/2 Blazes out of 4.
www.southbounders.com

Housatonic Range Trail

This is the final post about this past Sunday's hike. Let's call it the ABOVE ground chapter. After exploring the cave we hiked the southern portion of the Housatonic Range Trail. It was only about a 2.5 mile hike to the summit of Candlewood Mountain (902 feet) but since there were so many different rock formations that had a ton of moss on them it made the trek a little sketchy at some points. Especially Kelly's Slide (not in video) which is a huge slanted slab of rock. There was a large tree down going across it and that was the only thing stopping you from sliding down over a cliff. VERY SKETCHY! Pic of it can be seen here.
Enjoy the vid!

Spelunking at Tory's Cave New Milford, CT

Here is a brief video of us checking out the caves. From what I was told we only did a portion of it, there were another 3-4 rooms to explore. Will save that for next time. Enjoy!

Tory's Cave & Housatonic Range Trail

Oh what a day! Perfect fall weather and not a cloud in the sky. It's trail time! My sister and I went up to Tory's Cave and Housatonic Range Trail near New Milford, CT. Neither of us had any idea what we were getting ourselves in to (literally). When we got to the opening of the cave we both said no way in hell were we going to go down there. But then a few other spelunkers showed up and we couldn't look like skirts so down we went. The caves were very cool and the hike up to Candlewood Mountain was great too. Not many views but a ton of rock structures that were great to climb. We hiked 3 miles of the trail which is about a total of 6 miles. Next time up there we will finish it off (and hit the caves one more time). Today I have a photo slide show but over the next few days I will put all the video clips together so you can really understand what went down and where we went. I am happy to report that there were no bat sightings!
Enjoy the entertainment. Click on the HQ button (should be red) for better quality playback.