1088 miles hiked in 90 days, 1/2 gallon of ice cream eaten in 35 minutes, and all I got was a lousy wooden spoon!
I’ll put the pictures up shortly. They’re not pretty.
For the record, it was Hershey’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.
I am in for the evening, at the hostel here: “Ironmasters Mansion – an [...]
Like I said, Harper’s Ferry is the spiritual half-way point, so I am spiritually half-done. I will be physically half-done on Wednesday. Huh, interesting turn of phrase that. Am I really half done? Well, there’s about 15% less of me, I guess. But I wouldn’t say I’m being done in, or anything like that… But [...]
Hello from the Quality Inn in Front Royal. I did a relatively easy 14 mile slackpack today, and the folks picked me up. Going to dinner soon. Relatively easy. Well, it was muddy and mucky, but otherwise uneventful.
Had a great 5 days in Shenandoah National Park. Highlights:- Saw a bear cub, about 20 yards off [...]
Dear hikers, did u go 2 a microbrewpub last nite? No u did not. Did a black cat sleep on yr head? No it did not. Thx steve and j m!
Hi all,
Still going strong. Ran into some wetcoldwindy weather a couple days ago, coming out of Buena Vista (byoona vista, that still cracks me up!). Got wet but managed to get into the shelter and into my sleeping bag to warm up, and dried out the next day.
Had a short day into Waynesboro today. Had [...]
Aloys, quel grand plaisir de te lire! Je garde un tres bon souvenir de mon temps a Avignon et a Lourmarin – randonnees dans le Luberon, footing le long de l’Aigue Brun,…. Mes parents m’ont dit que tu fais beaucoup de velo. Super! Bonne continuation! – Loafy!
Hey, I managed to have my first Mexican food on the trail last night, for Cinco de Mayo. I probably would have eaten there (across from motel) on any date, but it was very cool that it happened to be Cinco.
I got over my slight existential funk brought about by 6 days off the trail, [...]
