Long Distance Hiker

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 253 It rained for several hours last night, but was pretty much done shortly after it got dark.  When we got up, it was no surprise to see several slugs on our gear.  That has been a daily thing in the last week. We … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 16 Total Miles: 233 We got up in the light, which feels more like a luxury, since we had gotten up in the dark so many times on this trip.  We knew we didn’t have a lot of miles today, but we also wanted to get to camp before 5pm when … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 217 We had a really good stay in town yesterday.  Having 24 hours off from hiking really helped us to feel refreshed today. Yesterday, we scheduled a pick-up with the local “Dial a Ride” service for this morning at … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 200 It rained overnight and we stayed dry in our hammocks.  Even after spending 14 hours laying in our hammocks, we didn’t feel creaky…a definite advantage for the hammocks. We decided to get up a bit later today, … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 16 Total Miles: 180 We decided to get an early start today because a thunderstorm was expected in the late afternoon.  We were hoping we could hike our miles for the day and get our hammocks set up before the rain started. So, we were … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 12 Total Miles: 164 This morning we decided to get up at our normal time of 5:45am.  That way, by the time we were ready to hike, we wouldn’t need our headlamps.  We knew we didn’t need to do big miles today, so it was nice to sleep a … [Read more...]