Long Distance Hiker

Took several days off in Vernon. Beardo saw a doctor for his shin pain..and we stayed at the church hostel which was quite comfy. Met some more new to us southbounders which was pretty fun, and good to know that we are not at the back of the … [Read more...]

Dark waking up today. The rain was heavy last night. The kind of heavy that pushes all the leaves, pine needles and small branches that are on the ground to new locations. We stayed dry under our hammcok tarps. All the flat well worn tent spots were … [Read more...]

Late start at 8am today. Had breakfast at the shelter and chatted with Chillin' and a couple section hikers. Highlight for the day was passing through the famed Lemon Squeeezer. The Lemon Squeezer is in a section of slab rock that has a … [Read more...]

Started day off the with a ride to the trail head from the owner of the Bear Mountain Bridge Motel where we had spent Saturday night. Sweet Pea came in on a bus from New Hampshire via New York City that Saturday afternoon. We should have went … [Read more...]

Been a couple days. My shin splints were bothering me enough that I decided to take a couple days off. I stayed at the Graymoor shelter since it was comfy, free and had chairs, water that didn't need to be filtered and pizza delivery. It was also … [Read more...]

Great weather today! Got a 7am start out of the RPH shelter area and had a couple nice views early on in the day. Passed within a half mile of a concession stand that had ice cream, but it didn't open untill 10, so I was a bit too early....though I … [Read more...]