Harpers Ferry
200 Miles: Hair. Hostels. Fellow Flip Floppers.
Either my hair stylist (and I use that job title in the loosest possible sense when it comes to my coif) cut my hair in such a way that my...
Flipping Out About Flip Flopping: Part 2
According to the ATC website’s 2,000 Miler Report , 70 of the 122 reported thru-hikes originating from Harper’s Ferry in 2014, were completed. That is an out-of-the-gate success rate of...
Flipping Out About Flip Flopping: Part 1
Mentally, Mt. Katahdin is my physical and psychological goal. It is also turning into my emotional nemesis.
Fire Destroys Historic Buildings in Harpers Ferry
Late last night over 80 firefighters from counties in West Virginia, Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland were called to the historic town of Harper's Ferry by a neighbor who heard the sound...
Almost Out of Pennsylvania! (Pennsyl-ROCKS-YA)
Unofficially Halfway We hiked into Harper's Ferry, West Virginia on July 2nd. Harper's Ferry is the unofficial halfway point - it is the town in which a thru-hiker...
Checkpoints and Celebrations
Firestarter and I packed out a special just-out-of-town feast, a celebration for the celebrations to come: drumsticks, corn, and beer. We grilled it all up at the Molly Denton Shelter...
Daleville to Harpers ferry(Halfway Point!)
Forgive any misspellings or gramatical errors. Day 44 Kind of bummed around camp until noon today. Having phone signal at camp made it easy. Since I had reservations for Daleville...
Coco and Magnus — Days 66 through 89 — Rain Skirts, a Bear, and Halfway There
Since our last installment of Coco & Magnus (or as Yankee calls us: "Moco") we have gone to Trail Days, seen a bear, worn trash bags as clothing, and hiked...
Our Second, Extended Shakedown Trip
I’m late in publishing this. We went to hike the AT in Maryland back during the second week of December. Then the holidays came and now I’m regrouping and catching...
Over Halfway There
There have been a lot of big milestones since I last posted; 1000 miles, new states, the psychological halfway point, and also the actual halfway point. It has been a...