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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

It was a long day today, but last night’s rain gave us cooler morning at least. We had a long walk on a boardwalk this morning before getting back into rocky terrain. We crossed into New York on a rocky …

This morning, after sleeping in a little but not too late, we hit the trail and crossed into New Jersey. We had intended to hike just over 22 miles today, but when we arrived at our destination the water source …

I woke up this morning to hot coffee, eggs, potatoes, sausages, pancakes, and toast (I miss real breakfast so much)! We were sent off with leftover pork chops, got back to the trail and headed for Delaware Water Gap, at …

Someone told me the other day that the PA section of the trail was made to be like Dante’s Inferno, which is supposed to be funny except it feels too true. I don’t want to complain too much, but the terrain …