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Day 70
Day 70, 7/7/23 Snickers Gap to Appalachian Trail Conservancy 19.2 miles, mile 1,025.4 We made it to the unofficial halfway point, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. When you get there, they...
Whoa! We’re Halfway There!
You're welcome for that Bon Jovi ear worm. I've been singing it for days, following John Denver's Country Roads, Take Me Home as I traveled through West Virginia. Prior to...
Day 71: Where’s Waldo?
My flippity-floppity thru hike continues, though I’m starting to feel like that stripe-shirted, bespeckled Waldo cartoon character. Since last Thursday, we’ve been in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,...
Hiking Out of Virginia
Hiking Out of Virginia Video Link - Click Here Day 85: Mountain Home B&B and Cabbin, Front Royal, VA to Liberty Hill Lane (19.4 miles, marker 991.8) Yet another slackpack...
Day 70: Almost Heaven
I’ve never had a day on the AT yet where I didn’t feel like hiking. Every day so far, I’ve woken up excited to get my miles and to see...
I’m Still Hiking
Hello! I know I haven’t posted in a while, and there’s a simple explanation for this: I got bit by a bug. The lazy bug. As such, I’ve decided to...
Trail Angel
The third time I turned around I saw my sister waving at me through the thickening vegetation at the other end of the trail. I’d been expecting her but it...
Month Three on the AT. Also Known as Virginia
No Virginia Blues for Me Virginia was a fascinating state for me. A lot of different things happened in the state for lovers, for me. Virginia is the first state...
New Debt Ceiling Bill Would Fast-Track Mountain Valley Pipeline Completion
The debt ceiling bill announced by President Joe Biden and House Republicans on Sunday includes a surprise provision that would fast-track completion of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline
A Case for Virginia
If there’s one thing that terrifies every new NOBO AT hiker, it’s Virginia. As you enter the quaint southern VA town of Damascus, you're somewhere around 470 miles into your...