Today was a day of milestones. In the morning we crossed the 700 mark from Katahdin, and shortly after we passed the 1500 mile mark from Georgia. We crossed into Massachusetts in the afternoon. Today marks four months on the trail. We stopped in town for breakfast, hit trail magic, and still went just under … Read More “Day 123: Massachusetts” »
Month: July 2016
Despite the fact that it rained last night and in the morning, the mosquitos were still out in full force. Even with bug spray on they are relentless. I am totally covered in bug bites. The trail in Connecticut has been very nice so far. After a month of rocks, the trail has dirt in … Read More “Day 122: Mosquitos” »
It was another hot one today and we put off leaving town as long as possible. We hiked 7 miles in the afternoon to the first shelter out of town. We ran into another hiker we haven’t seen in a couple months, it’s always nice to run back into people. We’re camped near a river, … Read More “Day 121: Short Day Out of Town” »
Today we just had a short walk into Kent, probably the cleanest trail town we’ve been to. We got 2 care packages today! My sister sent us homemade cookies, candy, jerky, and more. Thanks Mo! And Amy sent us laundry soap, bacon bits, almond butter, hair ties and other necessities. I can tell she’s spent … Read More “Day 120: Kent” »
I might also call this day the return of dirt! After a solid month of walking on rocks, stones, boulders, and slickrock, there were actual sections of trail today that looked like real trail! We were also reminded that the AT is actually steep most of the time, we’ve been spoiled on that front lately … Read More “Day 119: Connecticut” »
Today was another scorcher with terrible water sources most of the day. Bad enough that we stopped at a deli off a road crossing to get a gallon. In the middle of the day we stopped at a shelter to take a break from the heat. Once we started hiking again we got rained on. … Read More “Day 118: Heat and Rain” »
The heat wave continued today, but it did get a few degrees cooler and we had a nice breeze most of the day. We hiked just under 19 miles to the RPH shelter, which once was a cabin but a wall was removed to make it an official shelter. There are other houses nearby and a … Read More “Day 117: Ralph’s Peak Hiker Cabin” »
We decided to take a zero day in Fort Montgomery for a little more rest. It’s been in the 90s all week so the air conditioning was a real luxury. On our day out of town we only planned on hiking 7 miles so we waited until after 6pm to start hiking. It was still … Read More “Days 115 & 116: Heat Wave” »
Lots happened today. I’ll start with the good stuff. We passed the 1400 mile mark, and we are less than 800 miles from Katahdin. We walked through Bear Mountain Recreation Area, with views of Manhattan. There is a zoo in the park that the trail walks through and we passed the lowest point on the … Read More “Day 114: 1400 Miles” »
Today was a really fun day, but it was also quite challenging. Many of the water sources are dry, even at the shelters, which means bigger water carries, and water is really heavy. Fortunately at virtually every road crossing trail angels leave many gallons of water for hikers to fill up. I think we hit … Read More “Day 113: New York Means Business” »