The campsite last night wasn't great, sand got everywhere and there were a ton of ticks around. I still slept well with the sound of the dam for background noise. We had to replace one of the patches on the leaky boat, but I'm impressed how well these boats have held up overall. We stopped... Continue Reading →

Another day on the boat. More sun. More slow moving water. We got distracted from floating by a rope swing, cliff jumping, and swimming holes. Life's no fun if you pass up the fun stuff just to get more miles in a day. I might've broken a finger or two on the rope swing. I... Continue Reading →

I slept really well last night except for the 3 trains that rolled by 50 ft from our camp. Still, the alarm went off at 5:30 AM and we all ignored it - we weren't on the water until after 8:00 AM today. The second patch job seemed to hold and the boat did well... Continue Reading →

Today was an early morning, we were back on the river before 6am. We finished the South River today and got onto the South Fork fo the Shenandoah river - which I believe we'll be on all the way to Front Royal. Along the way El Dorado, Cricket, and Rick Flair ended up with two... Continue Reading →

Finally, the day to begin rafting has arrived. We collected the boats and headed towards the river. Caboose and I took over setting up the boats while everyone else went over to the store for supplies. We were on the river at last around noon. The miles were easy and relaxing, but we didn't make... Continue Reading →

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 →