New Jersey is a state that most people don’t equate with mountains and nature, but it is a very beautiful part of the trail. When we left Delaware Water Gap we stopped at Sunfish Pond, the only part of the trail that Chris had been on previously. We ran into the Traveling Circus, Moose & […]
Trail Tales 11: Pennsylvania
Relevant posts: Rocksylvania, New Bearsy, New Deli? AT Museum and Fry Shelter Nature in PA No News is Good News PA/NJ Pennsylvania is one of the most talked about states on the trail. In fact, I’m wondering why more people don’t talk about New Hampshire; they seem to wait until Vermont to warn you about […]
Trail Tales 10: Maryland
What can I say about Maryland? It is short and sweet and I really enjoyed it. Only 41 miles of the trail go through Maryland from the C&O towpath to the Mason Dixon line in Pennsylvania. Along the C&O towpath; a very nice walk along the Potomac on one side and the towpath on the […]
Trail Tales 9: Northern Virginia/West Virginia (Shenandoah to Harpers Ferry)
Relevent posts: Alive and Well on the Rollercoaster of Love…..hell really Harpers Ferry West Virginia Shenandoah National Park is known on the trail as the point in which you can really speed up. Some refer to it as the Appalachian Highway. It isn’t ‘flat’, but the terrain is very smooth and there are lots of […]
Trail Tales 8: Central Virginia (Pearisburg to Shenandoah)
Relavent posts: Angel Ashleigh
Trail Tales 7: Southern Virginia (Damascus to Pearisburg)
Relevant posts: 500 Miles Ponies Magic Bus Section Hikers A Beary Special Post Beautiful Woodshole Hostel Well, I did find a few photos from Damascus, this one being The Place, the hostel we stayed at. When we arrived in town we ran into Pirate and his friend at the outfitter and they told us where […]
Trail Tales 6: Erwin to Damascus
Pertinent Posts: V is for Virginia 400 Amy and Me TN/Virginia Border Laurel Creek Falls Leaving Erwin was difficult as usual when leaving a town. Spring was coming out in Erwin and the town was one of the bigger towns we’d been to thus far, complete with a Sonic and Walgreens. We left out and […]
Trail Tales 5: Hot Springs to Erwin
Relevant posts: Spring in Erwin We’d heard from our friend Thin Mint had said that the climb out of Hot Springs was one of her favorites and it wasn’t a let down. As you leave Hot Springs you walk along the river front for awhile until you climb up onto the ridge and head on […]
Trail Tales 4: Davenport Gap to Hot Springs
Relevant posts: Max Patch Bald When we left the Smokies we ended up at the Standing Bear Farm Hostel. It wasn’t our intended destination but once we heard about pizza and soda’s we were easily adaptable. We arrived around 5pm and the place was packed. The people we thought we wouldn’t see again were staying […]
Trail Tales 3: Great Smokey Mountain National Park
Pertinent Posts: 5 Days in the Smokies Clean Clothes—the illusion of cleanliness After taking two zero’s in a row most of the people we’d been hiking with were ahead of us. It was a little disheartening knowing that you had to start over with people again. Our only hope was that folks would get off […]
