Month: July 2016

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …