Yesterday's 24.5 miles, my second-longest day to date, were not kind to my feet. Fortunately, today "only" required going 17.2 miles, and the trail was, in general, far nicer than it has been so far. I'm almost to New Jersey. That means the rocks are almost over, right? (Spoilers: no, it really does not.)
read more (1214 words, 8 photos)
After a large eggs and meat breakfast, with a fruit salad appetizer, Kathy shuttled me back to the trailhead, and I got going at 7:30. Today's goal would be to make up for lost time yesterday, with a 24.5 mile day to the Kirkridge Shelter.
read more (695 words, 2 photos)
Today is my 100th day on the trail. It did not go as expected.
read more (1539 words, 7 photos)
With a 17 mile day planned to Bake Oven Knob Shelter, I managed to leave the shelter shortly before 7. Yesterday, One Feather had taken to calling the shelter "Easy Bake Oven Knob" (after the children's toy). With that in mind, I was almost immediately and rudely greeted with a rough, rocky trail. Being a bit cheeky, at the first shelter I passed (the Allentown Hiking Club Shelter, after about 7.5 miles), I wrote in the log,
read more (758 words, 2 photos)
The day's plan being a relatively short 14.5 miles to the Eckville Shelter, I wasn't too much in a hurry this morning, and didn't make it down to the 7 am continental breakfast until almost 7:15. By that point, One Feather had already finished and was on his way out, planning to take a nearly 3 mile local bike path back to where it intersects with the AT, just south of Port Clinton.
read more (969 words, 4 photos)