Long Distance Hiker

7/22/2022 Daily Miles: 9 Total Miles: 158 We woke to a beautiful morning. We ate breakfast outside on the porch, with nice views down to the flatlands. We had eggs, sausage and bread with toppings. It was a pretty relaxing morning and … [Read more...]

7/21/2022 Daily Miles: 14 Total Miles: 149 We had a rude awakening this morning when the guys doing renovations on the hut started in on their work at 5:30am. They were pulling large metal sheets off the roof and we were sleeping on the … [Read more...]

7-20-2022 Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 135 Today turned out to be much more difficult hiking than we expected. After breakfast of coffee/tea and bread with toppings (salami, pickles, butter and homemade jam), we headed back to the … [Read more...]

7-19-2022 Daily Miles: 10 Total Miles: 129 We got a late start today, as we had some work tasks to do and we had breakfast at our little hotel. By the time we headed out, it was 10am and it was already quite hot. We’ve heard that there … [Read more...]

7/18/2022 Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 119 So, we knew we wouldn’t be hiking the SMT into town today because it has via ferrata sections, so we had looked to find our best alternative, which was heading back down to the valley and then … [Read more...]

7/17/2022 Daily Miles: 11 Total Miles: 113 We had a decent night of sleep despite a toilet that would make a loud whistle noise every few hours. At 5am, we were awoken by some animal on the roof of our cabin trying to scratch its way in. … [Read more...]

7/16/2022 Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 102 When we went to sleep last night, it was raining with lightning and thunder. When we woke up this morning, the rain had stopped, but we were totally fogged in. Luckily by the time we were done … [Read more...]