Location: Hikers Welcome Hostel (Glencliff, NH) Even though I wanted to wake up and get moving early this morning, I left camp around 7:30. Three rock climbers walked past me while I was eating breakfast. They didn’t care that I was camping there and they didn’t see me until there were right on top of […]
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Biking the Virginia Creeper Trail with a Baby – Damascus, Virginia
My wife and I cycled regularly before children, and now that we’ve had a daughter, we want to continue cycling as a family. The Virginia Creeper Trail is an easy cycling trip for the family, even a family with a baby. The Virginia Creeper Trail is a 35-mile rail trail in southwest Virginia. The multi-purpose […]
Stealth Camping at the Base of Mt. Mousilake – AT Thru-Hike Day 50
Location: Mt. Mousilake I was feeling good this morning despite having slept in a wet sleeping bag on a cold night. Dagobah and Smurf left before I did with a couple of the section hikers that stayed at the lean-to. As usual, I was the last to leave the shelter. I crossed the summits of […]
Heavy Rains in the White Mountains – AT Thru-Hike Day 49
I left Garfield campsite late this morning. I needed the rest last night. Before bed, I had a lengthy conversation with an elderly man at the shelter. He had joined his daughter and her husband for a few days in the Whites. When he first arrived at the shelter, I thought that he might be […]
The Appalachian Trail Community – AT Thru-Hike Day 48
Location: Garfield Ridge I could have slept forever in that attic. With the amount of food around me, I probably could have lived there at least a year. The small window faced west so the sun hardly lit the small room. The clanging and clanking of pots and pans from beneath the wood floor told […]
Wilderness Rescue of a Woman in the White Mountains – AT Thru-Hike Day 47
Location: Gale Head Hut, White Mountains Well, what a day! I woke up late this morning and I left Ethan Pond around 8:45 am. I covered the first 4.5 miles by 10:30am. I was really moving. The trail was smoothed gravel, remnant of an old railroad bed. I stopped by Zealand Falls Hut for leftover […]
Hiking to Ethan Pond in the White Mountains – AT Thru-Hike Day 46
Location: Ethan Pond I slept late this morning. I tend to sleep late when I tent. My knees hurt worse today than usual, I think because of how I bounced down Mt. Washington yesterday afternoon when the weather had cleared. I slowly packed my things, but I was feeling pretty good mentally when the day […]
Climbing Mount Washington in Near Zero Visibility – AT Thru-Hike Day 45
Location: Mizpah Hut, White Mountains This morning came early. Last night I had difficulty falling back asleep after being woken up by some noise in the bunkroom. The snores from the bunkroom were intolerable. I rolled to cover one ear and then the other with my makeshift pillow, an inflated Ziploc freezer bag with […]
Work for Stay at Madison Springs Hut – AT Thru-Hike Day 44
Location: Madison Springs Hut, White Mountains Snake and Grizzly woke up around 5:00am and they woke me up while packing their bags. It was warm inside the ski patrol hut, but I didn’t want to get off the couch or out of my sleeping bag. Finally I climbed out as Snake and Grizzly left for […]
Climbing Through Wildcats to the Ski Patrol Hut – AT Thru-Hike Day 43
Location: Wildcat D I hiked a difficult ten miles today through the cold rain. I left Imp Campsite early and reached Carter Notch Hut around lunchtime. I had already eaten lunch in the late morning on the summit of Carter Dome. I chatted for a bit with the hut master. He let me fill my […]
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