July 6, 2016 Delaware Water Gap! It’s 9:30 a.m. and here we are at the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line! It’s halfway across the bridge across the Delaware River – on I-80! The trucks rumble by, inches away from us beside the concrete barrier, the bridge shaking. Only on the AT! Oh my! Our three-hour walk …
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Completion
July 5, 2016 This is our last night on the trail for this section walk. Tomorrow, we’ll walk an easy 6 miles to Delaware Water Gap, rent a car, and drive back to Virginia. The rocks are waning, Pennsylvania is falling behind us. Today’s walk gave us a chance to exercise one of our “trail …
Calzone Day
July 6, 2016 There are only two people in the world who celebrate Calzone Day! That’s me and my hiking partner, John. The first Calzone Day was July 6, 2007, when John bought a calzone in Monson, Maine, couldn’t eat the whole thing, and shared it with me! We didn’t know at the time that …
A New Idea
July 2, 2016 “Pennsylvania has rocks!!” says my baby grandson. His mom sends me photos that keep me laughing! 16 days ’til our next visit!
Dry
July 2, 2016 Have I told you that I LOOOOVE my tarp shelter?! It kept us dry in the thunderstorm last night. Chalk up another success for the Rayway tarp system! This 1.5 lb drape of fabric has sheltered us in all kinds of weather in all four seasons. Check here for more tarp successes. …
Stay or Go?
July 1, 2016 We easily walked from last night’s camp to Eckville Shelter, arriving at about 2 p.m. The trail today was scenic with views from Pulpit Rock and The Pinnacle, winding from Blue Mountain to Eckville Rd on a smooth, old dirt road. Not so many rocks at all! Eckville Shelter is a remodeled …
Port Clinton
June 30, 2016 A popular hiker hangout in Port Clinton, PA is Frank’s Barber Shop. The barbers are a father-son team who’ve been running the shop for decades – $8 a cut. They had a steady stream of customers for the 2 hours we stayed while sorting our maildrop and charging phone batteries. “Would you …