Appalachian Trail Day 44 Day 44 04-12-01 17.6 miles, AT – 525.9 3,150 feet Trimpi Shelter – Chatfield Shelter 8ish – 6 PM Day 10 (-) Rain 70-80° I slept well last night, but I was really hot. A mouse was getting into Smokies graham crackers in the early AM. I packed my headlamp inside […]
Appalachian Trail Day 43 04-11-01, Day 43 20.0 miles, AT – 508.3 2,900 feet Sunny/Partly cloudy 70-75° Wise Shelter – Trimpi Shelter I saw two chipmunks and five deer. That makes nine deer total. We also saw more of the wild ponies. The big find of the day was the sapsucker (woodpecker). We hiked through burnt […]
Appalachian Trail Day 42 4-10-01, Day 42 17.4 miles, AT – 488.3 4,450 Feet Sunny – 70° Lost Mountain Shelter – Wise Shelter Another hot day. I think the back of my neck is burned. I cant begin to describe how beautiful the Grayson Highlands are. It was unbelievable. Rocky, grassy and spruce and fir […]
Appalachian Trail Day 41 4-9-01, Day 41 15.8 miles, AT – 455.1 3,360 feet Damascus – Lost Mountain Shelter Sunny – 80° Got to bed late last night. Almost 12 AM two nights in a row. Had breakfast. Said good-byes to all the others and stole one more shower! Oh, I used my first Q-tip in […]
Appalachian Trail Day 40 04-08-01, Day 40 Zero Day Sunny, warm As I said, I had breakfast at Mountain Mans café, thanks to Jack and Bag of Tricks. Later I hung out at the outfitter, wrote postcards, bought fuel and a fleece sleeping bag for later on down the trail, had more pizza, shopped for more […]
Appalachian Trail Day 39 04-07-01, Day 39 10 miles, AT – 455.1 Abingdon Gap Shelter – Damascus After I wrote last night, a black and white pussycat came into camp (skunk). He ate dropped scraps and then went behind the shelter. Later he came back and headed under the sleeping platform. He ate trash for hours. I […]
Appalachian Trail Day 38 04-06-01, Day 38 12.6 miles, AT – 445.1 3,785 Feet 8:07 AM – 12:40 PM Unknown Campsite – Abingdon Gap Shelter Foggy then clearing in the PM Today was the easiest day yet! We averaged about 3 MPH. The terrain was easy and good to walk on. We had planned on tenting […]
Appalachian Trail Day 37 04-05-01, Day 37 16.4 miles, AT – 431.5 8:50 AM – 4:00 PM Watauga Lake – Unknown Campsite Agatha showed up around 8:35 AM. I was ready for my banana and OJ. We hit the trail soon after. Besides the first two climbs in the first few miles, the hike was easy. The […]
Appalachian Trail Day 36 04-04-01, Day 36 10.6 miles. AT – 415.1 2,130 feet Kincora Hostel – Watauga Lake Shelter 10:50 AM – 4:30 PM Sunny 60-70° Woke up around 7:30 AM. Had OJ and pancakes. Made them myself. Had a Pop Tart, too. Agatha and I were still torn on what to do today. Slack […]
Appalachian Trail Day 35 04-03-01, Day 35 20.1 miles, AT – 404.5 2,500 feet Apple House – Kincorra Hikers Hostel Day 8-9 Rain in AM, cloudy the rest Another tough ass day. Whoever made this map section was on drugs. The terrain was nothing like the map. Lots of P.U.D.S. Plus my raincoat was ripe! I […]
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