Friday, 26 August Destination: Hikers Welcome Hostel (1795.4) Today’s Miles: 9.7 Start Location: NH Route 25A (1785.7) Trip Miles: 69.8 Wedding Walker and I are doing our best to combat the New Hampshire drought. We awoke to rain at dawn. The hostel had coffee and I had a protein bar for breakfast. Our shuttle to NH Route 25A…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 10 – Hikers Welcome Hostel
Thursday, 25 August Destination: Hikers Welcome Hostel (1795.4) Today’s Miles: 9.5 Start Location: The Notch (1804.9) Trip Miles: 60.1 Wedding Walker and I had a full bunk room last night. A mother and her three daughters who started in Georgia, a woman with her dog and a solo guy. The dog was well behaved and slept in a…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 9 – The Notch
Wednesday, 24 August Destination: The Notch Hostel (1821.3) Today’s Miles: 0.0 Start Location: The Notch Hostel (1821.3) Trip Miles: 50.6 A steady rain was falling at seven when Wedding Walker and I got up. After we watched the seven o’clock shuttle leave we went up for breakfast, bagel with cream cheese and yogurt for me. The hostel has…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 8 – Nero
Tuesday, 23 August Destination: The Notch Hostel (1821.3) Today’s Miles: 3.0 Start Location: Lonesome Lake Hut (1818.3) Trip Miles: 50.6 After the usual breakfast of oatmeal, eggs and sausage with a blueberry muffin Wedding Walker and I were off. The trail was wet from the overnight rain. Today was a “nero” (near zero) day. Wedding Walker and I…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 7 – Last of the Huts
Monday, 22 August Destination: Lonesome Lake Hut (1818.3) Today’s Miles: 9.3 Start Location: Greenleaf Hut (1827.6) Trip Miles: 47.6 Today was a perfect day for hiking, low sixties, overcast with light winds. After breakfast Wedding Walker and I were out before eight. First up was a thousand foot climb to get from the hut back to the AT….
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 6 – Greenleaf Hut
Sunday, 21 August Destination: Greenleaf Hut (1827.6) Today’s Miles: 6.6 Start Location: Galehead Hut (1834.2) Trip Miles: 38.3 Last night’s dessert was chocolate cake. I have been having chocolate withdrawal. I have something chocolate after dinner every night. I did not pack any chocolate for this section of the hike since dinner includes dessert. I did buy a…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 5 – A Bear in the Hut?
Saturday, 20 August Destination: Galehead Hut (1834.2) Today’s Miles: 7.0 Start Location: Zealand Falls Hut (1841.2) Trip Miles: 31.7 Last night for the first time in over 1,500 miles of the AT I had to dig out my earplugs. One of the dads from the large group was sent to sleep away from the group because he snores….
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 4 – Zealand Falls
Friday, 19 August Destination: Zealand Falls Hut (1841.2) Today’s Miles: 9.8 Start Location: Lake of the Clouds Hut (1860.0) Trip Miles: 24.7 This is to let you know photos for the last few days are posted. I will try to update today’s journal later today but Internet service is spotty. Over three inches of rain fell yesterday…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 3 – Unplanned Zero
Thursday, 18 August Destination: Lake of the Clouds Hut (1860.0) Today’s Miles:0.0 Start Location: Lake of the Clouds Hut (1860.0) Trip Miles: 14.9 Wet hikers continued to come on last night. Since the croo does not turn them away, there were about a dozen hikers sleeping on the floor of the dining room. The croo wakes you with…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 2 – Rain, Rain, Stay Away
Wednesday, 17 August Destination: Lake of the Clouds Hut (1860.0) Today’s Miles: 7.1 Start Location: Madison Spring Hut (1867.1) Trip Miles: 14.9 Last evening two thru hikers stopped at the hut. Usually two thru hikers are able to work for stay. They cleanup after dinner, sweeping and wiping tables. They get any leftover dinner and get to sleep…