September 4, 2016, 1:00 p.m. Tadah! John and I reached our goal of Killington Peak, Vermont, the point that marks where we have walked all of the Appalachian Trail at least twice! When I set out to do a thruhike of the AT in 2007, my aim was to start in Maine and at least …
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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 …
Rocks Reprise
June 28, 2016 I said I’d keep you posted about the rocks. Yes. There are rocks here in Pennsylvania on the Appalachian Trail. Ok. Enough said? So, I’ve been thinking a lot about the rocks, both when they are here and when they are not. Rocks on the trail is one of those topics and …
Trail Magic
June 25, 2016 Most hikers mean “Food” when they talk about Trail Magic, the term for happy surprises on the trail. My favorite Trail Magic is trail maintenance, and extraordinary care like the Duncannon Appalachian Trail Club folks – and day hikers who happened to be hiking up to Hawk Rock – who were removing …
Back to the Mountains
June 24, 2016 (Reading in email? Click “read in browser to see pictures!) Noon. After a night in the Super8 Motel, we walked back to the trail, 1/4 mile away to the pedestrian overpass on US Rt 11, a 1,185-mile long highway from Canada to New Orleans. The AT crosses it down in Daleville, VA …
Read the Guidebook!
June 13, 2016 I didn’t notice that the guidebook does say that the “lodge, kitchen, office are open from 5-9 p.m.” in the hostel where we had sent our maildrop box. Hmm. It’s noon, and we got on the trail at 6 a.m. to get here for a rest. There is food in that box …
Frustrated to Confident
June 1, 2016 Today was a transition day from feeling frustrated with the technical challenge of setting up an RSS feed of my blog to my subscribers and Facebook page to feeling confident that it can actually work! Thanks for reading! The second accomplishment of the day was to pack our backpacks! I’m happy to …
Refreshed
May 30, 2016 Today, I visited a favorite spot on the Appalachian Trail -Spy Rock, Virginia. It sports a 360 degree view atop a 40′ boulder scramble. I’ve had many a visit here in the past six summers when I worked in this section as a ridgerunner. This time I came as a day-hiker with …
Forestland
May 29, 2016 The green here in Montebello, Virginia, is vast and encompassing! Nonsenses immersion feels truly immersed, if that’s even a word. Forest life is so incredibly lush and vibrant, water enabling uncountable broad leaves, ferns, mushrooms, and flowers to fill the landscape with a dense curtain of green. Vibrance abounds! In joy, Regina