Days 24 Through 27
Day 24 Dreary Start, Great Lunch, Nice Finish Hiked today 15.9 miles total hiked 378 miles todays ascent 2540 Today I hiked from Skyland Lodge to Bear Fence Shelter. The...
Days 10-12 on the Appalachian Trail
In which cold - indeed, very cold - realities make themselves known.
Tell Me Why
My Reasons for Hiking the Appalachian Trail Why I am planning to thru-hike the AT in 2024 (and thank you to Neil Young for the intro). For those of you...
Week 1: A Week of Firsts
One whole week. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been living this new life for a whole week. And what a life it is! Trail life so far has not...
Food: Feeding the Hiker Hunger
Hiking for me is an opportunity to get back to the basics of life. All I have to do is worry about three things a day: Where do I get...
Maryland – Only the Beginning
Leaving Harper’s Ferry - Day 1 Friends George and Michele joined me and my Michele for a kick-off dinner at the Rabbit Hole on the 25th. The next morning I...
April 16- April 20: Zero Day, Northern Smokies, a Broken Phone, and a Party at Standing Bear
April 16 - A leisurely Zero day in Gatlinburg, TN (it weird to call it a zero when I walked at least 5 miles by non-AT miles don't count). I...
April 11- 15: Fontana Through the Southern Smokies to Gatlinburg
April 11 - Cable Gap to the Fontana 'Hilton' shelter. The radar looked like a god-awful giant storm was brewing last time we had signal but now we're completely in...
Day 16 – 100 Miles and a Hundred Mile View
Day 16 Start: Carter Gap Shelter End: Albert Mountain Bypass Miles Hiked: 6.4 Total Miles on AT: 100.1 We’ve made it to the 100 mile mark!! Yay!! What an...
We Hit the CDT, and It Hits Back
Out the Front Door and Into Adventure (Day -4 to Day Zero) With the house ready for cat sitters and our boxes on their way, we walked out our front...