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 […]
Lost and Wandering into a Unionville Bar at Midnight – AT Thru-Hike Day 92
Location: Unionville, NY We lounged around the church hostel most of the day. The homeless families woke up at 6:00am and completed chores assigned by the church and then left for work or school. We were allowed back in the hostel after 7:30am. I went in first, having been woken up by the morning traffic. […]
Hiking into Jersey, Sleeping in the Church – AT Thru-Hike Day 91
Location: St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Vernon, NJ Last night I was run out of the shelter by a section hiker’s snoring. At around 1:30am, I decided that I had had enough of the old man’s noise. For 10 minutes or so, I had been making noise to try to wake him up or get him […]
Last Day Hike in New York – AT Thru-Hike Day 90
Location: Unknown Shelter I feel all right after a 20 mile day. The day was fairly uneventful. I didn’t go to town for lunch and I didn’t meet anyone new. I spent last night in the shelter with Bonefish, Druid, and Not Bad. Tonight, it’s the same crowd except the rain has stopped falling. I […]
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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