Tuesday, 29 September Destination: Bobblets Gap Shelter (748.2) Today’s Miles: 10.2 (1.4) Start Location: Middle Creek Campground (758.4) Trip Miles: 60.3 (3.2) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail miles to shelters and campgrounds. Slept great on a…
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day Six – Middle Creek Campground
Monday, 28 September Destination: Middle Creek Campground (758.4) Today’s Miles: 8.2 (1.3) Start Location: Cornelius Creek Shelter (766.6) Trip Miles: 50.1 (1.8) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail miles to shelters and campgrounds. After Bob and I…
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day Five – Trail Names
Sunday, 27 September Destination: Cornelius Creek Shelter (766.6) Today’s Miles: 8.5 (0.1) Start Location: Harrison Ground Spring Campsite (775.1) Trip Miles: 41.9 (0.5) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail…
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day Four – Sunshine
Saturday, 26 September Destination: Harrison Ground Spring – Campsite (775.1) Today’s Miles: 9.4 (0.0) Start Location: Matts Creek Shelter (784.5) Trip Miles: 33.4 (0.4) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off…
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day Three – Tropical Storm Beta
Friday, 25 September Destination: Matts Creek Shelter (784.5) Today’s Miles: 3.9 (0.0) Start Location: Johns Hollow Shelter (788.4) Trip Miles: 24.0 (0.4) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail miles to shelters and campgrounds….
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day Two – The Climbs Start
Thursday, 24 September Destination: Johns Hollow Shelter (788.4) Today’s Miles: 8.8 (0.2) Start Location: Punchbowl Shelter (797.2) Trip Miles: 20.1 (0.4) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail miles to…
2020 Appalachian Trail – Day One – The Trek Begins
Wednesday, 23 September Destination: Punchbowl Shelter (797.2) Today’s Miles: 11.3 (0.2) Start Location: Long Mountain Wayside, Buena Vista (808.5) Trip Miles: 11.3 (0.2) Numbers in parenthesis after Destination and Start Location are northbound mileage markers as listed in the 2019 Northbound A.T. Guide. Numbers in parenthesis after Today’s Miles and Trip Miles are off trail…
2020 Dolly Sods, WV – Epilogue
From Wikipedia: Description The Dolly Sods Wilderness — originally simply Dolly Sods — is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA, and is part of the Monongahela National Forest (MNF) of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Dolly Sods is a rocky, high-altitude plateau with sweeping vistas and lifeforms normally…
2020 Dolly Sods, WV – Day Four – Rain, Rain, Go Away
Friday, 31 July Destination: Blackbird Knob Trailhead Today’s Miles: 2.9 Start Location: The Forks Campsite Trip Miles: 21.9 The rain continued through the night, heavy at times. I stayed dry in my tent but did not sleep as soundly as the earlier nights. I started packing things inside the tent about 6:15. I woke Liv…
2020 Dolly Sods, WV – Day Three – The Forks Campsite
Thursday, 30 July Destination: The Forks Campsite Today’s Miles: 6.4 Start Location: Dunkenbarger Trail/Stonecoal Run Tributary Trip Miles: 19.0 I may have worn out Liv and Jordan yesterday. At eight, there is still no stirring in their hammocks. I was up at my usual 6:30, had coffee and breakfast and then packed. So far the…