Another long day without many exciting things to share. The morning started out with rain that continued to the afternoon. With a little more experimenting and adjusting I was able to get my feet to a point where they seem semi-happy. I found the 2018 halfway sign but must've missed the official 2019 1/2 marker... Continue Reading →

The lack of arch support made my foot pain a lot worse today. The new insoles do a great job for the ball of the foot but almost nothing elsewhere. I tried doubling up the insoles by stacking the new ones on top of the old ones. It felt good, but there isn't enough room... Continue Reading →

The group got together for breakfast at the hotel, it really was energizing to see everyone again. I hope we're able to meet up again before the end of the trail. I picked up my new insoles this morning before hitting the trail, they don't have as much arch support as I'm used to but... Continue Reading →

Harpers Ferry is the town closest to the halfway mark of the trail and there's an Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) branch there. Hikers passing through can register and get a new hiker number, so my goal was to be there before they closed at 5 today. I was on the trail by 8, thinking that... Continue Reading →

It's really exciting that my mileage count is in the 1000's now. I know it's just another 100 mile mark, but for some reason it's a huge mental boost for me. The rest of the tramily only wanted to do 15 miles today, so I left camp around 9am while they were still in bed.... Continue Reading →

I'm really excited to be back on the trail. The shuttle picked us up at 1030 and we were following white blazes again. The whole crew agreed to cover 15 miles today and set off at their own pace. El Dorado's knee is still bugging him and my feet were back to hurting after just... Continue Reading →

Today was an early start, we had 12 miles on the river to get to Front Royal. All the cloudy weather had cleared up and it was a sunny, blue sky day. We were there by noon and got a ride into town from a local couple that happened to be at the boat ramp... Continue Reading →

It was still raining when we woke up this morning so nobody rolled out of bed till 9am. Even though the rain tapered off, the weather report was calling for thunderstorms by 2pm, so we continued to sit around. And we were so bored. At 3pm, under sunny skies and with an updated weather report... Continue Reading →

Today was a wash. It rained down a cold continuous rain that made everyone grump so we paddled off to some random spot and set up camp for the night by 2pm. Tomorrow has rain in the forecast as well, with the addition of thunderstorms. I don't know if we'll try for any miles or... Continue Reading →

We stayed in a Quality Inn last night, and the place lived up to the ongoing theme of cheap hotels with bathtubs that won't drain. This is probably the 5th shower where I've had to stand in the previous persons dirty water. The bed was comfortable but is it too much to ask for the... Continue Reading →