Administrivia: you don’t need Instagram to follow the pics, just look in the lower right of the page. The latest ones are there and if you click around in there you can see the rest. Exhausting and exhilarating 5 days. I have terrible blisters, but great companions. Shared meals, shared stories, shared hitches. The country…
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Trip Reports
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Lake Morena. Mile 20ish. Here with about a dozen others, just 2 I know, Johnny Rocket and Butter. Legs ok, feet sore. More moleskin tomorrow. Had a terrific day, with a nice 2 hour siesta, food and chat with a few others including a guy from Holland. Saw: LIZARDS, horned toad, some cool blue starling…
Flashback – AT99 – April 28
Thank you Thomas Smith, even though you were ‘colored’, you fought for our country. Managed to escape Pearisburg – or forced myself to leave. Terrible weather + great church hostel w/ woodstove. Pearisburg is an interesting place – this picture is from downtown. Only 7.3 today, at Rice Shelter. Not To Worry…
Flashback – AT99 – Apr 24
Jenny Knob Shelter, N of Bland, VA. 17.3 today. Here with Dodger, who isn’t annoying at the moment. Had a long, dusty day, but it wasn’t too bad – mostly flat. VA is nice. Feet are bugging me, so I called in a Campmor order including some new Superfeet. Also a smaller fuel bottle,…
Flashback – AT99 – April 18
Wise Shelter – Grayson Highlands Great day! Cloudy and gloomy, with flurries. Once I got past Mt Rogers (highest in VA) the trail entered a big heath, with few trees and a lot of big open spaces. Very remote and desolate, it reminded me a little of northern England, or some of the more…