Archives for 2014

Location: Unknown Shelter This morning wasn’t as cold as the last few, but I stayed in my sleeping bag to eat breakfast. Once Wrongway stoked the fire and had it blazing again, I moved all of my gear to the picnic table and packed by the heat of the flames. Everything was covered in ash […]

Location: Unknown Shelter Today the Topsail King Mackerel Tournament is in full swing. When I started walking this morning, I was thinking about where I’d be fishing if I were in the tournament and how badly I wanted to be fishing. I packed my pack from my sleeping bag again this morning. The morning was […]

Location: Unknown Shelter in the Shenandoahs I woke late this morning because the sun took forever to reach the floor of the valley. 9:00am looked more like 7:00am. Thunderstorms, waves of them, kept me awake much of the night. I don’t think Wrongway slept well either. He tossed and turned and woke up to pee […]

Location: Shelter south of Waynesboro, VA I was in and out of Waynesboro today for supplies and badly needed chores. I hiked seven miles in the gray morning to get to the road that leads into town. I beat the rain fortunately. I had planned to first visit the Office of Tourism to reference a […]

Location: Today was tough. Twenty miles damn near killed me. I started early and stopped at Lewis Mountain Campground for breakfast at the camp store. I had two bowls of cereal, a honey bun, and cheese. I couldn’t do laundry or take a shower as I had planned because I didn’t have cash or coins […]

Location: Bearfence Mountain Hut 28 miles today and I am spent. The Shenandoah Park has tons of mountains. I was up and down all day and the burning in my calves won’t let me forget it. I started fairly late for such a big day. This morning resembled the last two days so I wasn’t […]

Location: Shenandoah National Forest I’m writing this entry one day late. Yesterday I was too cold to write. I bought a pair of gloves today, a dollar ninety-nine at Elk Wallow Gap Wayside. They keep my fingers somewhat warm but make my handwriting worse than usual. They hardly insulate my hands, and they appear to […]

Location: Tom Floyd Wayside Shelter I woke up really late this morning. When my 8:00am alarm sounded, I turned it off, rolled over, and slept until 10:00am. I forced myself out of my sleeping bag. A cold front had moved in overnight so the morning was much chillier than last evening. I packed my gear […]

Location: Manassas Gap, VA I’ve come 20 miles to Manassas Gap shelter tonight. I am supposed to meet Not Bad here if he was feeling better after a night at the hostel. He has not shown and it is dark. I thought that I might shorten my day tomorrow to see if he catches up […]