Location: Blackburn Center, Virginia After a quick breakfast at the hotel, I said goodbye to Mom and Dad. I felt refreshed after my long weekend break, and I was ready to return to the trail. I checked the post office before I left. Cold Feet had sent me a maple leaf sugar cube from Maine. […]
Staging for the Last Half of the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 112
Location: Historic Hilltop Hotel, Harper’s Ferry, WV I said goodbye to Katie this morning. I enjoyed staying with her for a couple nights and being in familiar surroundings. Mom and Dad drove Not Bad and me to Harper’s Ferry, and the ride passed as quickly as the train ride had. In Harper’s Ferry, we ate […]
Another Urban Zero off the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 111
Location: Washington, DC Today I saw Mom and Dad for the first time since I began my trip. Katie let me borrow her car and I went to visit them at their hotel room. I have missed them these last few months, but reuniting with them was not as emotional as I thought it might […]
Recooperating in Washington DC – AT Thru-Hike Day 110
Location: Washington, DC Not Bad and I woke up around 6:00am to catch the train to Washington, DC. I only slept a few minutes last night by the river. My muscles tightened quickly in the hour that I lied down, but the bleeding patches on my hips didn’t scab. It was still dark when we […]
Blazing Through Maryland in a Day – AT Thru-Hike Day 109
Location: Bank of the Potomac River, Harper’s Ferry, WV I woke to an alarm clock this morning. I had 38 miles to reach Harper’s Ferry, WV, where I needed to be by 7:00am on the 29th to catch the commuter train to DC. I left early and with haste. I knew I was in for […]
Crossing the Mason Dixon on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 108
Location: Devil’s Backbone Racecourse Shelter, Maryland I hiked 33 miles today. I crossed from Pennsylvania into Maryland late this afternoon. The sign marking the Mason Dixon line had been stolen and only permanent marker scribbling on the post designated the border. There was a sign though that said ‘Welcome to the south. Free whores.’ After […]
Marothon Day Hiking through Jersey to Maryland – AT Thru-Hike Day 107
Another marathon day today. Today Not Bad and I crossed the halfway point of the Appalachian Trail. A tall sign has been erected, but the trail’s length is always changing, so the official marker doesn’t really mark the middle. This year the trail is 2174.6 miles, but the halfway sign says that Springer and Katahdin […]
30 Mile Day on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 106
Location: Unknown Shelter South of Boiling Springs I hiked 30 miles today, my first day in the thirties. When I woke up this morning, I went to the diner and filled up on my usual breakfast choices. I was starving after yesterday’s hangover and I needed an energy boost to hike to Boiling Springs. I […]
Hungover in Duncannon – AT Thru-Hike Day 105
Location: Doyle Hotel, Duncannon, PA I woke up this morning with a mean hangover. No doubt last night’s tequila shots caused my throbbing headache. I started the day with bottles of water, but soon the vomiting commenced. The nauseas feelings that I experienced outside Rutland, VT returned, and I remembered why I decided that I […]
Wasting the Day in Duncannon – AT Thru-Hike Day 104
Location: Doyle Hotel, Duncannon, PA I slept well last night despite sharing the bed with Not Bad. The bed was surprisingly comfortable. I went to the diner across the street and ordered my usual breakfast: French toast, two scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice. I didn’t get a bagel this morning. Breakfast was good, […]
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