Location: Pocahontas Stream Campground Katie arrived in Palmerton, PA around 11:00pm last night. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw her waving to me from the parking lot. I have come so far and finally received a visit from someone from my life before the trail. Katie looked the same, but certainly I look […]
Waiting for Trail Angel at Palmerton City Jail – AT Thru-Hike Day 99
Location: Hampton Inn outside Palmerton, PA Everyone slept late this morning after getting to bed late. Ten o’clock seemed like six o’clock as everyone limped around on sore feet from the rocky walk yesterday into town. Not much went on today. The rain fell until about 4:00pm, so everyone hesitated to return to the trail. […]
A Night in Jail on the Appalchian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 98
Location: City Jail, Palmerton, PA At 4:30am, I was rudely woken by cold rain leaking through the roof of my tent. The rain had begun at midnight when I finally fell asleep. A puddle of the cold September rain gathered on my tent fly and grew for hours. Eventually the tent fabric gave way to […]
Back to the Ankle Turning Rocks in Pennsylvania – AT Thru-Hike Day 97
I got a very late start this morning. When I first woke up, it was raining. I didn’t want to get out of my tent. More and more, recently, I avoid hiking in the rain. It is just such a miserable experience that I will take zeros to avoid the rain. Many hikers not hiking […]
Killing Time with Moses and Guns of Jesus – AT Thru-Hike Day 96
I decided not to slack-pack today. 6:00am was just too early for me to get moving in a town. The bunks at the church hostel are tucked in a room with no windows. It’s a cave. I woke up around 7:30am through because I needed to get some chores completed and hike out at a […]
Bears is back on the trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 95
Location: Church of the Mountain Hostel, Delaware Water Gap, PA I completed NJ today, my seventh state. Half of the states are completed. Bonefish, Druid, Not Bad and I hiked 25 miles into Delaware Water Gap, PA, just across the Delaware River. The day was pretty uneventful since I was moving so fast. I did […]
Most people are nice, but some people are rude – AT Thru-Hike Day 94
We finally left Unionville, NY this morning. Butch gave us a ride to the trailhead and wouldn’t accept money for his gas or time. Not Bad called Druid and found out that he was only five miles behind us so we decided to wait for him to arrive. I finished reading A Clockwork Orange. I […]
Zero Day in Unionville New York – AT Thru-Hike Day 93
Location: Unionville, NY People visited the small park early this morning so we decided to force ourselves out of bed before making too bad of an impression if we had not already after last night. Many motorcycles roared by the park. The exhausts sounded like automatic weapons being fired in closed space. My head throbbed […]
Bear Mountain New York on the Appalachian Trail – AT Thru-Hike Day 88
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 […]
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 […]
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