Tuesday, 16 August Destination: Madison Spring Hut (1867.1) Today’s Miles: 7.8 Start Location: Joe Dodge Lodge (1874.9) Trip Miles: 7.8 Wedding Walker arrived last night just after eight. He settled in and had some dinner. We turned in early planning to have breakfast when it opened at 6:30. Well the breakfast croo was a little off. Breakfast was…
2022 Appalachian Trail II – Day 0 – Pinkham Notch
Monday, 15 August Destination: Joe Dodge Lodge (1874.9) Today’s Miles: 0 Back in September of 2020 while hiking with my regular partner, Bob, we spent a rainy night in a shelter with another hiker, Wedding Walker, and four recent high school graduates. Wedding Walker, Steve, is my age and from Chicago. Wedding Walker and I carried…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Epilogue
18 May – 11 June Destination: Hitching Post Country Motel (1482.5) Start Location: Lehigh River South Bank (1260.5) Trip Miles: 222.0 On Sunday, Bob’s wife, Janice, and daughter, Nicole, picked us up at the Hitching Post Country Motel in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, for our return to civilization. With the Saturday night stay at the motel we were showered…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Photo Album
Photo Album This photo album includes my photos and Bob’s photos for all days in one place.
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Bob’s Photo Album
Bob’s Photo Album Photos taken by Bob have been included in each day’s update but are available here if you do not want to look through each day again.
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Twenty Five – All Things Must End
Saturday, 11 June Destination: Cornwall Bridge – Hitching Post Country Motel (1482.5) Today’s Miles: 4.1 Start Location: Stewart Hollow Brook Shelter (1478.4) Trip Miles: 222.0 Two hundred twenty two Appalachian Trail miles plus sidetrails from the Lehigh River, PA, to Cornwall Bridge, CT. It was 52 degrees, the overnight low, when Bob and I awoke. Another good night…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Twenty Four – Last Full Day
Friday, 10 June Destination: Stewart Hollow Brook Shelter (1477.4) Today’s Miles: 7.3 Start Location: Mount Algo Shelter (1471.1) Trip Miles: 217.9 The temperature cooled to 53 overnight which made for comfortable sleeping. Although Bob and I were up early we had breakfast with coffee and relaxed since we planned a short day. We were the last hikers to…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Twenty Three – Mount Algo Shelter
Thursday, 9 June Destination: Mount Algo Shelter (1471.2) Today’s Miles: 8.6 Start Location: Ten Mile River Shelter (1462.5) Trip Miles: 210 6 There is a grassy field in front of the Ten Mile River Shelter and last night it was filled with fireflies. It was like watching twinkling stars there were so many. Bob tented while I was…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Twenty Two – Rain, Rain Stay Away
Wednesday, 8 June Destination: Ten Mile River Shelter (1462.5) Today’s Miles: 4.2 Start Location: Wiley Shelter (1458.3) Trip Miles: 202.0 Last night Bob and I ended up sharing the shelter with three ladies, five total in the shelter. A younger girl came in right before dark. There was also one tenter nearby. The rain started about eight and…
2022 Appalachian Trail I – Day Twenty One – Wiley Shelter
Tuesday, 7 June Destination: Wiley Shelter (1458.3) Today’s Miles: 13.8 Start Location: Small Stream Stealth Site (1444.5) Trip Miles: 197.8 No deli today, but the garden center on the trail had ice cream and soda! Before Bob and I crawled in our tents a few hikers came past and stopped for water. Last night was good sleeping with…