Location: Trapper John Shelter Today I hiked my longest distance in a day. I don’t hike with any sort of map, but by adding together the distances on the signs in the woods, I hiked nearly 19 miles over several mountains, two of which were over 3000ft. I didn’t start early, so I began my […]
Heating up on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 54
Location: Ore Hill I finally left Hikers Welcome hostel this morning. I started hiking at about 10:30am. Before I left this morning, the three brothers that I had last seen at Rattle River arrived at the hostel. I was surprised to see that they were still out on the trail. The middle brother, I heard, […]
Hikers Welcome Hostel – AT Thru-Hike Day 52,53
Location: Hikers Welcome Hostel Glencliffe, NH I spent my zero day socializing and drinking. I finally got my pizza in the morning when the stores opened back up. Dagobah left late this morning with his heart set on a 20 mile day. The dog didn’t look too excited to leave and was shivering in the […]
Lost on the Hurricane Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 51
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 […]
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 […]
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