Month: June 2022
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Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Day 85, Thursday, 6/9 – It was a beautiful day of hiking. No crazy views, but the Mountain Laurels are in full bloom. I hiked along listening to my audiobook all day. Around lunch time, I ran into trail magic. Dennis and Marie had a grill set up and were cooking hot dogs and hamburgers.…
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Quarry Gap Shelters
Day 84, Wednesday, 6/8 – I woke up, ate at the continental breakfast, did my food resupply, then hit up a coffee shop with Half Time. So a little bit on the lei I’ve been wearing. Genie got a care package over 3 weeks ago from his folks. Just for fun, the care package included…
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Days Inn Waynesboro PA
Day 83, Tuesday, 6/7 – This morning was another cruisy hike. It might have been the flattest section of trail that I have hiked so far. Half Time and I were still taking it slow to recover from our ailments (my heel and his strep throat). We came across more US history plaques along the…
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Dahlgren Backpack Campground
Day 82, Monday, 6/6 – It was wonderful waking up on the bank of the Potomac. There was a lot of wildlife along the river. I saw some large fish jumping, a few baby geese swim by, and I watched a crane fly onto a rock outcropping and catch fish after fish. I must have…
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Harpers Ferry Along the Potomac Night 2
Day 81, Sunday, 6/5 – My right heel didn’t have any major flare ups this morning. It’s a promising sign considering how lousy it felt this time yesterday. Genie, Splitzy, and Birthday Sandwich hiked on this morning. Even though I felt better, I took it easy today and stay in town. Half Time also stayed…
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Harpers Ferry Along the Potomac Night 1
Day 80, Saturday, 6/4 – I was hoping a night of rest would fix the heel pain I had from yesterday, but the pains returned immediately. Good thing I only had 3 miles to hike into Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry is the unofficial halfway point along the Appalachian Trail and is the home of the…
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Loudoun Heights Tent-Site
Day 79, Friday, 6/3 – I started the hike early with Half Time this morning. Again, we wanted to beat the heat. We started off with the Roller Coaster first thing this morning. The Roller Coaster is a rocky section of trail, 14 miles long, with a dozen hills, totaling 4,500ft of ascent. To make…
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Rod Hollow Shelter
Day 78, Thursday, 6/2 – We all had one last breakfast at Mountain Home before getting back on trail. It was forecasted to rain on and off all day, but the storm must have just missed us. I heard rolling thunder all afternoon, and it sounded close, but we didn’t end up getting rained on…
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Mountain Home B&B Night 3
Day 77, Wednesday, 6/1 – I hitched with Half Time into town this morning. Genie, Splitzy, and Dogfish, met up with us at 10:00am for our pottery class. The pottery class was a ton of fun. It was advertised as a one hour class, but ended up being much longer. Arline, the owner had availability…
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