Archives
Because Things and Stuff!
Why this girl is leaving the homeland to take on the AT next spring!
Gear Review: Sawyer’s Fast Fill Hydration Pack Adapter
Before I left for the Long Trail in May, I made an order with Sawyer for a Sawyer Squeeze water filter, but they accidentally sent me a Mini filter. After...
How to Be a Diva Hiker (Gear Review: The Diva Cup)
Hiking long distance is hard; hiking long distance while on your period is brutal. I have long felt that menstruation is the ultimate ill-humored joke of the universe. As a...
Trail Food: Exo Protein Cricket Flour Bars
It came as no surprise when I did a quick Google search of what "Jungle Bacon" really is. This is the strangest thing Co-CEO Gabi Lewis of Exo Protein has...
Coco and Magnus — Days 121 through 126 — Prisms, Rumors, and Pancakes
7/6 Monday -- Day 121 * We said our goodbyes and thank yous to Red Panda and her family as well as others not going back to the same place...
Vermont – Very Different
Back on Track After 5 days off to do my class in Philadelphia and to celebrate my son George's birthday and Mark's completing his PhD, Linda deposited us back in...
This Week’s Top Instagram Photos from the #AppalachianTrail
We continue to peruse all of the wonderful pictures from Instagram with the hashtag #AppalachianTrail and #AppalachianTrials and select a few of the best each week! This week we take...
On Bill Bryson and Pennsylvania
The top three questions received after announcing my plans to hike the Appalachian Trail: What? Oh, that's cool...is that in America? (a question made only okay because I was in...
Killington, VT to Gorham, NH
Day 99 (July 16th) Did a 17 mile day out of Killington to Winturri shelter. Not bad for starting back at 10:30 and taking a 1.5 hour lunch break. Po-boy...
A Spattering of Odd Events
Posted from Waynesboro, VA @ mile 862 Glasgow, VA to Waynesboro, VA July 19 to July 26 77 miles - This section of our hike was characterized by mostly pleasant weather...