Location: Bear Mountain Motel Labor Day. Bears and I were slow to leave the park this morning though we had a hotel room waiting for us at the end of the day. I had stayed awake until midnight last night reading A Clockwork Orange. We left the park around 9:15am. We walked highway 301 for […]
Archives for January 2014
Plays With Bears Struggles with the Thru-Hike Lifestyle – AT Thru-Hike Day 87
Location: Fahnestock State Park Ernest didn’t deposit as much rain as many forecasts predicted, but it delivered on promises of high wind. For most of last night, the wind swirled loudly through the trees. It never blew from one direction for too long before blowing from another. Acorns and branches pelted the tin roof of […]
Tropical Storm Approaching in the AT – AT Thru-Hike Day 86
Location: Unknown Shelter We got a decent start form the shelter this morning as we set out on a twenty mile day. The rain fell hard last night and stopped early this morning. After a quick Pop-Tart breakfast, Bears and I left the shelter. The wind blew hard all day. Acorns and leaves fell all […]
Violent Man Lurking on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 85
Location: Ten Mile Shelter Our timetable was delayed slightly today. We only hiked 16 miles because we spent three hours in Kent, CT. Also, we didn’t get out of the lean-to this morning until 9:00am. We stayed awake late last night and when we finally fell asleep, a train woke us. Bears and I reached […]
With Bears in Cornwall Bridge for Hike Refeul – AT Thru-Hike Day 84
Location: Stewart Hollow I lost another toenail today. I remember that last night I caught the nail on a seam in my sleeping bag and I felt the nail being pried from the quick. I saw that it was hanging by an edge when I peeled off my sock, so I gave the nail a […]
Hiking Into Connecticut – AT Thru-Hike Day 83
Location: Toy Maker’s, Fall Village, Connecticut The group of girls from Smith College woke up before I did this morning. I woke up around 7:00am to a misty morning and seven girls giggling about the night over steaming bowls of oatmeal. The shelter was surprisingly quiet last night and I slept well. I snored though. […]
Rainy Day Zero in the Shelter – AT Thru-Hike Day 82
Location: Unknown Shelter North of Connecticut Mass Line An unplanned zero. Today was the nastiest day I’ve seen on the trail in a long while. It rained constantly all day. The temperature was cold, probably in the 40’s. A fine mist lingered between the pines and convinced me to stay in my sleeping bag at […]
Hiking with a Stoner No Problem aka Hiker Bee – AT Thru-Hike Day 81
Location: Unknown Shelter I left the lean-to before Hiker Bee and Bears this morning. It rained most of the night, so my clothes and boots didn’t dry. The temperature was in the 50’s this morning, so when I put on my wet hiking clothes, I fled the lean-to trying to warm my body. I hiked […]
Hiker Bee Acid Tripper – AT Thru-Hike Day 80
Location: Unknown Shelter Finally I am back on the trail. My fingers are cold, wet, and numb, so the handwriting is bad. I just sent a couple e-mails from Bears’ blackberry. It’s cold and raining and it has been since Mountain Squid dropped us at the trailhead this morning. The northbounders had already left the […]
Two Zeros at The Birdcage – AT Thru-Hike Days 78,79
Location: The Birdcage, Dalton, Massachussetts I took a planned zero today. There is no charge at the Birdcage so I decided that I better take one. I had a lazy morning. I ate some biscuits, some cereal, and some potato chips. I went with Mountain Squid to the mall. I had a few delicious slices […]