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Begin: Day 147-  Saturday, September 14,  Carver Gap , TN End: Day 152- Thursday , September 19, Flint Mt. Shelter Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 21.1 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1607 Miles to Springer Mtn., GA: 327.7 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the “ 09-08 TN ” folder. Sorting by name is recommended. ——————— Saturday 9/14- Day 147 Start: Carver Gap, TN - 380.8 End: US 19E, Mtn Harbor, TN - 395.6 Miles: 14.8 Ascent: 2348  |  Descent: 4964 We

Begin: Day 140- Saturday, September 7, Damascus, VA End: Day 146- Friday, September 13, Roan Mountain,TN Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 16.2 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1519 Miles to Springer Mtn., GA: 396 Day 140- Saturday, 9/7 Zero Day Damascus, or Trail Town USA, was a nice place to spend a zero day. All of the locals were super friendly and our hostel, Lady Di’s B & B, had loaner bikes for us to use around town. It was nice to do our chores by bike instead of walking

Big Miles Begin: Day 132- Friday, August 30, Bland, VA End: Day 139- Friday, September 6, Damascus, VA Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 20.7 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1444 Miles to Springer Mtn., GA: 471 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the “ 08-27 VA South ” folder. Sorting by name is recommended. Day 132- Friday 8/30 Start: Bland, VA - 592.1 End: Burkes Garden Hostel - 571.4 Miles: 20.7 Ascent: 4307  |  Descent: 3738 Pam, our shuttle driver pic

Begin: Day 122- Tuesday, August 20, Daleville, VA End: Day 131- Thursday, August 29, Bland, VA Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 19.6 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1323 Miles to Springer Mtn., GA: 592 A lot is packed into this post in an attempt to being it up to date while we have internet availability. CENTRAL VIRGINIA Day 122- Tuesday 8/20 Start: Daleville, VA - 731.7 End: Lamberts Meadow Shelter - 721.2 Miles: 10.5 Ascent: 2200 | Descent: 1450 Cool morning weather ha

Begin: Day 117- Thursday, August 15, Buena Vista, VA End: Day 121-Monday, August 19, Daleville, VA Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 20.1 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1184 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the “ 08-10 VA Central ” folder. Sort by name is recommended. ————————— Day 117- Thursday Start: US 60 Buena Vista  - 809.4 End: John Hollow Shelter - 789.3 Miles: 20.1 Ascent: 4355  |  Descent: 5383 Our shuttle driver dropped us off back at the trai

Begin: Day 112- Saturday, August 10, Waynesboro, VA End: Day 116- Wednesday, August 14, Buena Vista, VA Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 16.8 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1105 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the “ 08-10 VA Central ” folder. Sort by name is recommended. Day 112- Saturday (8/10) Start: Waynesboro, VA - 864.5 End: Humpback Rocks Picnic Area - 851.5 Miles: 13.0 Ascent: 3179  |  Descent: 2024 It felt very good to get back on trail this m

The Southern Shenies Begin: Day 105- Saturday, August 3, Big Meadows Lodge, Shenandoah National Park, VA End: Day 111- Friday, August 10, Waynesboro, VA Most Trail Miles in a day this period: 19.9 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 1051.0 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the “07-31 VA Shenandoah” folder. Sort by name is recommended. ————————— Day 105- Saturday Start: Big Meadows Lodge  - 927.1 End: Lewis Campground  - 918.4 Miles: 8.7 Ascent: 1381  |  Descent: 1

This is an extra long post. Typically we try to keep posts under a 5 or 6 minute read, but this has been a challenge, even after a fair amount of trimming, because we are having such a wonderful time on the start of our southbound hike and there are a lot of fun stories to share. Instead of stretching this across two separate weeks, it is written as two parts, both about a four-minute read. 1) Harpers Ferry to Front Royal 2) Front Royal to midway into Shenandoah National Park

Begin: Day 87 (Tuesday, July 16) Stratton, ME End: Day 96 (Thursday, July 25) Harper’s Ferry, WV Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 15.1 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 889 Day 87- Tuesday, 7/16 Start: Maine Rt 27 - 2009.0 End: Horns Pond, Maine - 2014.1 Miles: 5.1 Ascent: 2316  |  Descent: 548 Sleep: Tent After getting slowed down much more than planned through the Whites and needing a change of pace, we decided to take shuttle 130 miles north to Stratton, Maine and continue

Begin: Day 82 (Thursday, July 11) Carroll, NH End: Day 86 (Monday, July 15) Gorham, NH Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 7.8 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 851.3 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the NH 3 folder. Day 82- Thursday, 7/11 Start: US 302, NH - 1851.8 End: Mizpah Hut - 1858.2 Miles: 6.4 Ascent: 3224  |  Descent: 690 Sleep: Building After a day off for recovering from our head colds and waiting out bad weather it was time for us to begin the

Begin: Day 77 (Saturday, July 6) Lincoln, NH End: Day 81 (Wednesday , July 10) Carroll, NH Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 10.4 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 825.3 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the NH 2 folder. Day 77 - Saturday 7/6 Start: Flume Gorge, NH - 1824.2 End: Liberty Springs campsite  - 1826.7 Miles: 2.5 Ascent: 2478 Sleep: Tent Since the previous day was a 17-mile day, we decided to leave a little late from the Notch Hostel and made

Begin: Day 70 (Saturday, June 29) Hanover, NH End: Day 76 (Friday, July 5) Lincoln, NH Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 16.7 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 797.7 Photos corresponding to this week’s post can be found in the NH 1 folder. DAY 70 - Saturday, June 29 Hanover, NH - 1755.0 Miles: 0.0 Sleep: Building It had been two weeks since we last took a day off from hiking. As with most of our “zero” days (a day where no trail miles are completed), we did our usual chores li

Begin: Day 63 (Saturday, June 22) Manchester, VT End: Day 69 (Friday, June 28) Hanover, NH Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 16.6 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 729.3 This week's photos are in the VT folder. Thundering Falls DAY 63 - Saturday, June 22 Start: Pinnacle Lodge - 1658.1 End: Big Branch stealth site, VT - 1674.5 Miles: 16.4 Ascent: 3289  |  Descent: 3623 Highest Peak: Styles peak elev. 3375’ We woke up Saturday morning at the Pinnacle Lodge near Manchester, Verm

Begin: Day 55 (Friday, June 14) Becket, MA End: Day 62 (Friday, June 21) Manchester, VT Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 19 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 631.6 This past week, we completed the part of the Appalachian Trail that traverses the Berkshire Mountains and have now entered the Green Mountains. This week's photos are in the MA & VT folders. DAY 55 - Friday, June 14 Another impromptu long day Start: Berkshire Lakeside Lodge, MA  - 1557.3 End: Dalton, MA - 1576.3 M

Begin: Day 49 (Saturday, June 8) Cornwall, CT End: Day 54 (Thursday, June 13) Becket, MA Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 21.3 (longest to date) Total Trail Miles Hiked: 531.6 This week we added photos to CT and MA DAY 49 - Saturday, June 8 Return to Trail Start: Cornwall, CT - 1484.5 End: Belters Campsite, CT  - 1495.4 Miles: 10.9 We finally left the motel after long three night stay. Lemonade’s stomach was feeling well enough to move on so we did a gentle 10-mile

Begin: Day 42, June 1, Stormville Market, NY End: Day 48, June 7, Cornwall, CT Biggest Trail Miles in a day this period: 15.6 Total Trail Miles Hiked: 458.0 This week's photos are in the CT folder Sour Lemonade Last week we had a few mishaps in a short period of time and meant to add them to Jimmy’s post. However internet service has been spotty and I did not get a chance to add it. I wanted to share these to point out that this trip is not all rainbows and butterflies. It se

Day 35 (May 25) to Day 41 NJ/NY State line to Stormville NYPizza/Deli Biggest Day this period: 14.3 miles Total Trail Miles Hiked: 412.9 This week's photos are in the NY folder NY Waterfall DAY 35 - from the NJ/NY State Line Saturday 5/25 9.4 Trail Miles (from Warwick trailhead in NJ to Bellvale Creamery in NY) Ascent: 1302  |  Descent: 1285 We discovered the trail in New York is not very well marked. There was a couple of times where we were not sure where the trail was, an

Days 27 (Fri. May 17) to Day 35 (May 25) Delaware Water Gap, PA to NJ/NY state line Biggest Day this period: 12 miles Total Trail Miles Hiked: 349.3 This week's photos are in the NJ folder Beautiful New Jersey DAY 27 - Zero Day Friday 5/17 0 Trail Miles Delaware Water Gap, PA After 13 hiking days, a rest day was much needed. Usually any aches and pains we have at the end of the day are gone when we get up in the morning. However, the rock-scattered trail hiking in Pennsylvan

Days 21 (May 11) to Day 26 (May 16) Port Clinton, PA to Delaware Water Gap, PA Biggest Day this period:  15.0 miles Total Trail Miles Hiked:  270.9 Now that we are leaving Pennsylvania, I wanted to note some specific characteristics that Pennsylvania has. Every state along the Appalachian Trail has its specific items of note. New Hampshire has the majestic White Mountains with Mount Washington, Maine has the hundred mile wilderness and Mount Katahdin, and even New Jersey has

Days 14 to 20 May 4 to 10 Duncannon, PA to Port Clinton, PA Biggest Day this period: 14.9 miles Total Trail Miles Hiked: 193.9 The trail this week has been very rocky. Sometimes it is walking on small angular one, other times we have had to crawl up onto big ones. It has required a bit of balancing and leaves our feet tired at the end of the day. DAY 14 - SATURDAY May 4 Zero Day in Duncannon The trail went right through Duncannon making it a great place to take our first da