Wednesday, 25 May Destination: Deckertown Turnpike (1334.5) Today’s Miles: 6.0 Start Location: Gren Anderson Shelter (1328.5) Trip Miles: 74.0 Last night five other hikers came into the campsite above the shelter. An additional three hikers camped near the shelter. Bob and I seem to have about 6-10 hikers, thru hikers, flip floppers, and long section hikers, when we…
Category: 2022 AT I
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Seven – Hopes Crushed
Tuesday, 24 May Destination: Gren Anderson Shelter (1328.5) Today’s Miles: 10.9 Start Location: Tentsite (1317.6) Trip Miles: 68.0 Yes, Gren Anderson Shelter is spelled correctly, I double checked. Last night got nice and cool, 50, great for sleeping. I did run into one minor problem, a slow leak in my sleeping pad. I had to add a couple…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Six – Dam New Jersey
Monday, 23 May Destination: Tentsite (1317.6) Today’s Miles: 10.1 Start Location: Mohican Outdoor Center (1307.5) Trip Miles: 57.1 Bob and I slept in comfort last night with sheets and air conditioning and had pizza delivered. Not every day is like this. It has been five days since our last shower. We hike six plus hours each day carrying…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Five – Mohican Outdoor Center
Sunday, 22 May Destination: Mohican Outdoor Center (1307.5) Today’s Miles: 5.8 Start Location: Backpacker Campsite (1301.7) Trip Miles: 47.0 You can always tell when the weekend arrives because there are lots more hikers out. There were probably 25-50 campers last night including a Boy Scout troop. Bob went for a walk down one of the side trails and…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Four – Welcome To The Garden State
Saturday, 21 May Destination: Backpacker Campsite (1301.7) Today’s Miles: 11.2 Start Location: Kirkridge Shelter (1290.5) Trip Miles: 41.2 It was a comfortable 63 when Bob and I woke but the mist was quite thick. Along with three hikers from our last campsite an older gentleman who was thru hiking from Georgia joined us in the shelter. There…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Three – Wolf Rocks
Friday, 20 May Destination: Kirkridge Shelter (1290.5) Today’s Miles: 13.6 Start Location: Leroy A. Smith Shelter (1276.9) Trip Miles: 30.0 I had a great night’s sleep last night. The temperature dropped to 52 with no rain and my tent site was nice and flat. Bob and I were hiking at seven. We had a long day planned…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Two – Leroy A. Smith Shelter
Thursday, 19 May Destination: Leroy A. Smith Shelter (1276.9) Today’s Miles: 9.4 Start Location: Tentsite (1267.5) Trip Miles: 16.4 Last night Bob and I had a harmonica serenade as it was getting dark. At sunset the rain began. It rained steady all night stopping at sunrise. The overnight low was 50. One of my tent stakes pulled out…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day One – And We Are Off
Wednesday, 18 May Destination: Tentsite (1267.5) Today’s Miles: 7.0 Start Location: Lehigh River South Bank (1260.5) Trip Miles: 7.0 Last night I had dinner with Bob, his wife, Janice, and their daughter, Nicole, with some conversation about our hike. Janice and Nicole will be picking us up at the completion. Bob and I then watched the movie “Dawn…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – The Plan
18 May – 12 June Destination: Connecticut – Massachusetts Border (~1500.0) Start Location: Lehigh River South Bank (1260.5) Trip Miles: ~240 Since 2017, I have hiked approximately 1,260 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT). I have completed all the sections from Georgia to our planned start for this section in Pennsylvania. This section will complete the rest of…