Longstride

Trail Journal Chapters

1. Preparation (8/21/2020 - 8/22/2020)
2. Appalachian Trail, South (8/23/2020 - 9/2/2020)
3. Tuscarora Trail (9/3/2020 - 9/22/2020)
4. Appalachian Trail, North (9/23/2020 - 9/29/2020)
5. Epilogue (12/31/2021)

Preparation
August 21, 2020 - August 22, 2020

1. Why the Tuscarora Trail?
   8/21/2020 8:31 pm
2. Gear on the Tuscarora Trail
   8/22/2020 6:00 pm

Appalachian Trail, South
August 23, 2020 - September 2, 2020

1. Day 1: Trail of the Deer
   David Lesser Memorial Shelter (9.3 miles)
   8/23/2020 9:45 pm
2. Day 2: Views and Trails Unseen and Forgotten
   Bears Den (19.5 miles)
   8/24/2020 6:33 pm
3. Day 3: Equipment Failure
   Rod Hollow Shelter (29.4 miles)
   8/25/2020 9:13 pm
4. Day 4: Attack of the Spiders
   Sky Meadows State Park (34.7 miles)
   8/26/2020 1:45 pm
5. Home Is Where The New Pack Is
   8/31/2020 8:03 pm
6. Day 5: A Soggy Return to the Trail
   Jim & Molly Denton Shelter (47.8 miles)
   9/1/2020 9:00 pm
7. Day 6: The Shelter That Has Everything
   Gravel Springs Hut (66.4 miles)
   9/2/2020 8:25 pm

Tuscarora Trail
September 3, 2020 - September 22, 2020

1. Day 7: Hello to Big Blue
   Low Water Bridge Campground (80.2 miles)
   9/3/2020 10:03 pm
2. Day 8: A Short Jaunt to Relaxation
   Little Crease Shelter (84.4 miles)
   9/4/2020 9:08 pm
3. Day 9: Plans are Meant to be Broken
   Massanutten Trail Jct / Mudhole Gap (100.6 miles)
   9/5/2020 8:14 pm
4. Day 10: Not the Campsite I Was Looking For, But the Campsite I Needed
   Little North Mountain Ridgetop Campsite (115.6 miles)
   9/6/2020 7:11 pm
5. Day 11: Northward Bound
   Paul Gerhard Memorial Shelter (132.3 miles)
   9/7/2020 8:56 pm
6. Day 12: Smart Chicken
   Pinnacle Shelter (149.6 miles)
   9/8/2020 9:22 pm
7. Day 13: The Frustrating Road Not Taken
   Basore’s Ridge Shelter (164.8 miles)
   9/9/2020 9:11 pm
8. Day 14: Triple-Distilled Spring Water
   Shockeys Knob Shelter (174.4 miles)
   9/10/2020 8:41 pm
9. Day 15: A Sleepy Creek for a Sleepy Day
   Sleepy Creek WMA Lower Campground (187.9 miles)
   9/11/2020 8:45 pm
10. Day 16: Halfway to Somewhere
    Spruce Pine Hollow Shelter (198.0 miles)
    9/12/2020 8:40 pm
11. Day 17: Beware of Cats
    Hancock / Hancock Motel (208.1 miles)
    9/13/2020 9:35 pm
12. Day 18: Zero in Hancock
    Hancock / Hancock Motel (208.1 miles)
    9/14/2020 10:21 pm
13. Day 19: The C&O Canal Towpath
    Licking Creek Campground (216.3 miles)
    9/15/2020 8:31 pm
14. Day 20: A Rocky Start in Pennsylvania
    Reese Hollow Shelter (236.1 miles)
    9/16/2020 9:02 pm
15. Day 21: Forest Roadwalks are the Best Roadwalks
    Burd Run Shelter (254.2 miles)
    9/17/2020 8:48 pm
16. Day 22: Just Keep Going, Even When The Trail Sucks
    Knob Mountain (266.4 miles)
    9/18/2020 6:55 pm
17. Day 23: Land of Fallen Trees
    Fowlers Hollow Run (277.0 miles)
    9/19/2020 6:03 pm
18. Day 24: “Just Follow Your Nose”
    Wagon Wheel Shelter (292.5 miles)
    9/20/2020 8:19 pm
19. Day 25: Shelter With A View
    Charlie Irvin Shelter (303.3 miles)
    9/21/2020 9:01 pm
20. Day 26: Five Down, Many To Go
    Scott Farm AT Work Center / Red Cardinal B&B (320.1 miles)
    9/22/2020 10:19 pm

Appalachian Trail, North
September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

1. Day 27: A Dash Through the Cumberland Valley
   Alec Kennedy Shelter (334.3 miles)
   9/23/2020 8:08 pm
2. Day 28: Let's Not Eat All The Ice Cream
   Pine Grove Furnace State Park / Ironmasters Mansion (349.7 miles)
   9/24/2020 8:22 pm
3. Day 29: The Most Caretaken Shelter
   Quarry Gap Shelter (366.9 miles)
   9/25/2020 7:59 pm
4. Day 30: The Case of the Missing Shelter
   Deer Lick Shelter (382.7 miles)
   9/26/2020 10:19 pm
5. Day 31: Return to Maryland
   Ensign Cowall Shelter (397.2 miles)
   9/27/2020 10:35 pm
6. Day 32: Let’s Not Make a Stink About the Bugs
   Rocky Run Shelter (412.9 miles)
   9/28/2020 7:26 pm
7. Day 33: A Race Against The Rain
   Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry / Loop Complete (429.3 miles)
   9/29/2020 2:04 pm

Epilogue
December 31, 2021

1. Thoughts on the Tuscarora Trail
   12/31/2021 11:24 pm