Hoping to shift the focus of this blog

 The original intent back in 2007 was to create a blog for my hiking club, the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. That didn't last too long, and now I'm revisiting this page to change the focus of it to one that's more personal. In short, I hope to post stories here that I've done for my newspaper that might be of wide interest. 

There won't be many posts, but at least they'll be more recent. 

Thanks,

Bill

ALDHA Web site update

Hi,

In case you noticed, the ALDHA Web site at www.aldha.org has been down, since at least yesterday (Thursday, 6/28).

I headed back home today (Friday, 6/29) to work on it at the computer that stores all the Web site files and access info, etc., and just spent the past couple of hours getting a few things straightened out. I am assured by tech support folks that it should be back up and running tomorrow (Saturday, 6/30).

The reason for the delay in getting it back up and running is that I had switched from a Unix-based server to a Windows-based server and neglected to get everything in order. The last techie I spoke to today explained why it would take 24 hours, but he had a very thick Indian accent and I didn't quite understand what he was saying, so I can't explain it to you, either. Sorry about that.

Check back tomorrow evening, June 30, and hopefully the site will be back up. If not, I'll try again on Monday.

Thanks,

~Bill O'Brien

ALDHA’s New Blog

Greetings, and welcome to the blog of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. Here you can quickly see any “earth-shattering” news from the folks at ALDHA or find out what’s new on the ALDHA Web site, AND you can add your 2 cents worth as well.

New items will be posted now and then. But it is the ability for you to post your own comments here that we have set this up as an extension of the ALDHA Web site, at aldha.org.

We only ask that you be respectful of each other, just as you would on the trail.

So bookmark this page, visit often, and leave a few footprints.

See you down the trail!