Monthly Archives: April 2018

Woke to a crisp cool morning and was hiking by 7:00 am. The trail today pretty much paralleled the Blue Ridge Parkway and crossed it several times. Had some beautiful views at the overlooks along the Parkway. Planned on camping … Continue reading →

Left Lambert’s Meadow Camp Site at 7:00 am and was headed to Daleville VA. The first 10 miles was on a ridge line with views of the valleys on both sides. The valley on the left had some small villages … Continue reading →

Left Four Pines Hostel and road walk the 1/2 mile back to the Appalachian Trail. What a beautiful morning, blue sky’s and the temps in the 50’s. The first part of the day was hiking thru farm pastures in the … Continue reading →

Right after I got my tent up it started raining so I ended up cooking in the vestibule of my tent. Had my favorite Mountain House meal, sweet and sour pork. By morning the rain had stopped, I ate the … Continue reading →

My goal for today was to hike to Pickle Branch Shelter, 23 Miles up the trail. The rain has stopped and the sun was shining, what a beautiful morning. The first part of the day was hiking through meadows and … Continue reading →

Durning the night I could hear the rain drumming off the tin roof of the shelter. By morning it had slowed to a drizzle. The day was like yesterday, drizzle rain, cool temps and walking in a cloud. The trail … Continue reading →

Took the 8:00 am shuttle back to the trail head and started hiking north again. My plan today was to hike to Pine Swamp Shelter which was 20 miles away. Had a big climb to start the day and after … Continue reading →

Signed up for breakfast at Woods Hole Hostel which was served at 8:00 am. Orange juice, coffee, eggs, and sausage. Packed up and was hiking again by 9:30. A rain storm was forecasted to arrive around 1:00 pm. My destination … Continue reading →

Last night as I was just getting to sleep and a owl started making its self known and kept it up for over an hour. As loud as that owl was it had to be real close, like checking my … Continue reading →

Got an early start today because I had food on my mind. Only had five miles to reach a place called Brushy Mountain Outpost. This is right on the AT and serves food along with resupply items. Got started hiking … Continue reading →

The temps dropped into the twenties and the wind blew hard last night, but got a good nights sleep thanks to the enclosed stone shelter. About a mile into today’s hike I came across a crew of trail maintainers. These … Continue reading →

Could hear the rain on my tent last night but it didn’t last long and it didn’t sound like it was raining hard. At around 6:30 it was getting light out and I could start seeing without using my headlamp. … Continue reading →

Left the Partnership Shelter around 8:00 and planned to hike about 18 miles today and tent at a comp site. After hiking 9 miles I came to the Lindamood School Museum. Went inside to find the school looking as it … Continue reading →

For breakfast this morning had a huge waffle the size of the plate itself. Covered in butter, maple syrup, wipe cream and slices of bananas. Topped it off with a large glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee. … Continue reading →

Another zero day at the WoodChuck Hostel. Tomorrow we will be shuttled back to Fox Creek Gap and start hiking north again. Well this is mistake number 3 on my dumbest mistake list. Awhile ago I stayed at the Standing … Continue reading →

Went down to the community kitchen at the Hostel for breakfast and had pancakes, fried potato’s, orange juice and several cups of coffee. Later I went to lunch at a place called MoJo’s and had a BBQ pork sandwich with … Continue reading →

Woke to a beautiful morning with the sun breaking over the horizon. Packed up the tent and was hiking by 7:30 after eating a few snacks. Luckily the pony’s left me alone last night although I could hear them milling … Continue reading →

Packed up the tent and was hiking by 8:00. The plan today was to hike 19 miles to Thomas Knob Shelter. It was beautiful weather, the sun was shining and the temps were in the 60’s. There was one big … Continue reading →

Left the camp site around 7:30 am and only had 5 miles to hike to reach Damascus. After hiking a mile down the trail I came to the sign designating I was leaving Tennessee and entering Virginia. Just after I … Continue reading →

Packed my tent up and got started hiking around 8:00 am and just after a little over a mile I came to the Nick Grindstaff monument. Apparently Nick was a local hermit who live alone on top of Iron Mountain … Continue reading →