Day 230 – 72.6 “Concussion miles” remaining😎 (SOBO Mile 747.3 to 819.9); 4.5 down; 68.1 remaining: Woke up in D.C. (Thanks Sarah Borwell and Katie Dougherty and Thomas for letting me stay!), 6:45am bus to Union Station in D.C., 8:20am bus to Times Square in … Continue reading Day 230 – 235: New York Culminating Miles!
For those of you getting fed up with all my trail posts and wondering when the heck this all is going to end(!), here is an overview of what I’m trying to accomplish and an update on how it’s going. … Continue reading Update on Thru-Hike Status
Day 226 – Mile 1166.7 + 977.9: Found out why Mountain Home Cabbin is spelt with 2 B’s – it’s because the cabin was where Annie Chung spent 1962 during the Civil War and she wrote a diary in which … Continue reading Day 223 – 229: … Hello Harpers Ferry!
Day 207 – Mile 1166.7 + 756.3: 5:40am wake-up call is only successful when DOC (Dude On Couch) Aaron Altice, 2009 & 2016 AT Thru-hiker, offers to bring breakfast to the Blue Ridge Parkway road crossing on his way to work!! … Continue reading Day 205 – 222: More Virginia & Shenandoah National Park
Day 194 – Mile 1166.7 + 634.3: Hiked down into Pearisburg. Passed Pearis Cliffs (saw Rocket and Rockette) and Angels Rest Rocks. The Plaza Motel for shower, Mexican, nap, Chinese, Angels’ Rest Hostel, met Rabbit (SOBO from last year who … Continue reading Day 181 – 204: Beautiful Virginia!
Day 179 (not 149 Kevin Rumble!) – Mile 1166.7 + 469.2: The porch crew at The Broken Fiddle; Mountain Man, Lightweight, Mr White and Toestee. We went for pancake breakfast at Mojos (until we were asked to leave)! Checked in … Continue reading Day 167 – 180: Into Virginia! 😎🌅
Day 162 – Mile 1166.7 + 336.5: 20-mile day over Big Bald Mountain into No Business Shelter outside of Erwin, TN… Day 163 – Mile 1166.7 + 342.6: Up with whoever else had their alarm set for 5am, out the … Continue reading Day 162 – 166: Big Bald into Erwin and Trail Days🌅🙌🇺🇸🌸🌈!!
Day 159 – Mile 1166.7 + 289.8: This has to be one the GREATEST days on the trail so far! 😎🌅😊🙌🌈 The essence of the day was that my uncle Jim Anderson worked in this area building log cabins 30 … Continue reading Day 159 – 161: The Gotts!🇺🇸😊😊
Day 156 – Mile 1166.7 + 273.5: Thanks Kevin Rumble for the best zero day ever – lots of rest, great food and good movies! This guy is a movie star (literally)!! Day 157 – Mile 1166.7 + 275.4: Jam-packed … Continue reading Day 156 – 158: Hot Springs!
Day 154 – Mile 1166.7 + 253.6: Beautiful hike up to Max Patch after making new friends – Smokes, Tangerine, Penny, Patchy, Levi, Lakes, Soup and Mike. Then came a delivery of Asheville’s best burger – Farm Burger and salad … Continue reading Day 154 – 155: Max Patch into Laughing Heart Hostel
Day 151 – Mile 1166.7 + 221.9: Now that was one full shelter!! Started the day in pretty full Icewater Spring Shelter and ended the day in EXTREMELY full (30 people in a 12-o shelter with people sleeping in the … Continue reading Day 151 – 153: Leaving the Smokies and into Standing Bear Hostel 🐻😎
Day 147 – Mile 1166.7 + 206.8: This is the top of Clingman’s Dome – the highest point of the Appalachian Trail at 6612 ft!🇺🇸⛰ My cellphone battery died 2 days ago so I got a random tourist (there is … Continue reading Day 147 – 150: Snow ❄️ in the Smokies; Stuck in Gatlinburg
Sleeping Beauty Hike 