After ducking out of the church before services started I found everyone holed up in a motel. Our rafts are waiting for us a the post office, unfortunately it's Sunday so we'll have to wait for tomorrow to pick them up and get on the river. We spent the day watching a Jurassic Park Marathon... Continue Reading →

I had two days to cover twenty miles, I'd planned on doing an easy 10 mile day but ended up covering all 20 miles in one go. The miles were pretty easy and I've been restless to get on the move, I didn't even stop for any pictures today. My feet started off feeling pretty... Continue Reading →

Everyone I've been hanging out with headed out today, getting themselves back on the trail. I'm still waiting for my tramily to catch up so we can start the rafting adventure. I'm meeting them in Waynesboro three days from now, it's only about 1 day worth of hiking. I'm planning to take the shuttle out... Continue Reading →

Spent the whole day down in the gap handing out the rest of our trail magic to hikers passing through. It wasn't a busy day on the trail, but we were somewhat stuck where we were. Peach took "Count" one of the Minnesota Hikings into town to pick up a package from the post office.... Continue Reading →

When I woke up this morning I realized my hammock and camping area looked like a homeless dude dumped his garbage in my site - which I guess isn't that far from reality. After cleaning up a bit I got breakfast with Peach and Turnip and a couple others. We broke down camp and packed... Continue Reading →

On hiking days, I can't seem to get up before 8am and inevitably I'm on the trail later than I want to be. The morning after a night of drinking, I'm wide awake by 6 am with nothing to do. It's an unfair cycle. There's quite a variety of wineries, breweries, and meaderies, within 15... Continue Reading →

Twenty miles feels like a really long day when hiking alone. In my experienced opinion, hiking alone sucks. It's just boring with nobody to talk to and no distractions to help pass the miles. I've had to slow my pace considerably today because my feet just wouldn't go any faster. I still haven't found shoes... Continue Reading →

Apparently it's Memorial Day weekend, I'm completely out of touch with dates - let alone holidays. Because of the holiday weekend, the day started out with trail magic a few miles from camp. The hot dogs and soda were delicious. The climbs today were hot and steep. I stopped at the next shelter to use... Continue Reading →

We were up early and on the trail by 7:30 am. El Dorado's ride was scheduled to pick him up at 5pm and we had ~16 miles to cover to meet it. The day's hike started with a 3,000 ft climb right from camp and the goal was to summit before it got too hot... Continue Reading →