Wet. Muddy. Cold. Feet are a mess. Fell and hurt my knee. Hiking 1 mph. Heading home to sleep in my own bed for a day or two and try to regain some perspective. "I shall return." —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
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Monday, 7/20 AT Miles = 15.8 / 1538.2Other Miles = 0.5 / 52.3Total Miles = 16.3 / 1580.5 Wow! The mosquitoes were something else last night. Right after dinner I climbed into my hammock intending to read my book, but the swarm of mosquitoes just outside of the netting was amazing. Even the noise they […]
Sunday, 7/19 AT Miles = 19.7 / 1522.4Other Miles = 0.2 / 51.8Total Miles = 19.9 / 1564.2 Whew! Finally, I made some miles. I guess I can thank the mosquitoes! They were unbelievable today, and the only way I could cope was to hike full speed ahead. Once the trail came down off Jug […]
Saturday, 7/18 AT Miles = 10.0 / 1502.7Other Miles = 0.4 / 51.6Total Miles = 10.4 / 1544.3 It rained last night. A lot. Again. Pretty much as soon as I got all my stuff hung out to dry, the clouds rolled in and the first of several storms came through. I was up and […]
Thursday, 7/16 & Friday, 7/17 Thursday:AT Miles = 19.1 / 1485.2Other Miles = 1.5 / 51.2Total Miles = 20.6 / 1526.4 Friday:AT Miles = 7.5 / 1492.7Other Miles = 0 / 51.2Total Miles = 7.5 / 1533.9 So, where to start? Yesterday was an okay day; lots of up and down, lots of humidity, lots […]
Hanging in my hammock listening to an approaching thunderstorm. Hopefully I'll get a chance to catch up tomorrow. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 7/15 AT Miles = 10.2 / 1466.1Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 10.2 / 1505.8 This morning I woke up in mid-town Manhattan — at Lexington and 51st Street — and tonight I am going to sleep at Silver Hill Campsite on the AT in Connecticut. Quite the transition! After three wonderful […]
Here are some statistics for North-bound hikers, compiled by the ATC,as of July 9: http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.mqLTIYOwGlF/b.4805579/k.DA92/2000Milers_Facts_and_Statistics.htm 2009 Hiker Counts (updated JULY 9) Northbound (Georgia to Maine) Springer Mtn., Ga. 1425 Neels Gap, Ga. (30 miles) 1325 Fontana Dam, N.C. (160 miles) N/A Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (1,000 miles) 637 Katahdin, Maine (2,176 miles) 6 — ~~~~~Allen F. […]
Photos for the section from Delaware Water Gap to Kent CT are available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATDelawareWaterGapPAToKentCT# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
Friday, 7/10 – Sunday, 7/12 Friday:AT Miles = 12.9 / 1447.4Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 12.9 / 1487.1 Saturday:AT Miles = 8.2 / 1455.6Other Miles = 0 / 49.7Total Miles = 8.2 / 1495.3 Sunday:AT Miles = 0.3 / 1455.9Other Miles = 0 /49.7Total Miles = 0.3 / 1495.6 Friday was a […]
Thursday, 7/9 AT Miles = 16.8 / 1434.5Other Miles = 0.9 / 49.7Total Miles = 17.7 / 1474.2 This afternoon I soaked my feet in Nuclear Lake. Tonight I will check to see if they glow in the dark. Another day of nothing special. There were a couple of local views early this morning, then […]
Wednesday, 7/8 AT Miles = 18.8 / 1417.7Other Miles = 0.4 / 48.8Total Miles = 19.2 / 1456.5 There really isn't a whole lot to say about today. It was a nice enough day, but I just walked through the woods for 9 hours. There was one view where the trail climbed to a ridge […]
all I wrote previously about CT still holds, except that I will be leaving sometime on Sunday to go to NYC with Jodi. Because of a change in her work schedule, the NYC trip had to move from Tuesday to Sunday. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
My hammock set up in the soccer goal at the ball field of Graymoor Friary. —"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
—"Home is where I hang my food bag" MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
So, I will be coming through Connecticut this weekend. If all goes according to plan I will be at Telephone Pioneer Shelter on Thursday night. That is just 10 miles short of the CT border at Hoyt Road. If I go full speed through CT, I would be at Mt Algo on Friday night, Pine […]
Tuesday, 7/7 AT Miles = 15.3 / 1398.9Other Miles = 0.4 / 48.4Total Miles = 15.7 / 1447.3 Whew! An eventful day! Early this morning I had to cross the Palisades Parkway during morning rush hour. This was like a game of live-action Frogger, only without the reset button. At the time I thought that […]
Sunday, 7/5 & Monday, 7/6 SundayAT Miles = 17.1 / 1364.0Other Miles = 0.4 / 47.4Total Miles = 17.5 / 1411.4 MondayAT Miles = 19.6 / 1383.6Other Miles = 0.6 / 48.0Total Miles = 20.2 / 1431.6 My apologies yet again for combining days. The last couple of days have ended with me just exhausted. […]
Saturday, 7/4 Happy Independence Day! AT Miles = 6.5 / 1346.9Other Miles = 0.1 / 47.0Total Miles = 6.6 / 1393.9 Wow, the campsite was crowded last night! Only a few thru-hikers but alot of people out for the long holiday weekend. Someone set up theirtent so it was actually partially under my hammock tarp! […]
Friday, 7/3 AT Miles = 16.7 / 1340.4Other Miles = 0.7 / 46.9Total Miles = 17.4 / 1387.3 Every time I woke up last night I could hear the swarm of mosquitoes buzzing on the other side of the netting on my hammock. It was a bit unnerving, actually. It was still very damp when […]
Wednesday, 7/1 & Thursday, 7/2 WednesdayAT Miles = 23.6 / 1308.4Other Miles = 1.2 / 45.4Total Miles = 24.8 / 1353.8 ThursdayAT Miles = 15.3 / 1323.7Other Miles = 0.8 / 46.2Total Miles = 16.1 / 1369.9 Sorry, but I am combining two days' blogs again. I didn't journal last night because the mosquitoes were […]
Tuesday, 6/30 AT Miles = 0 / 1284.8Other Miles = 0 / 44.2Total Miles = 0 / 1329.0 I had a comfortable, lazy day today at Paul's house. Paul had to leaveearly for work, but he was kind enough to leave me the keys to his carso this morning I made a trip to the […]
Having made the goal of reaching Delaware Water Gap and crossing theriver into New Jersey (7 states down and 7 to go!), I spent a bit oftime this morning trying to figure out the next couple of weeks. Iwill be back on the trail tomorrow, and it looks like I should reachNew York this coming […]
Monday, 6/29 AT Miles = 16.8 / 1284.8 Other Miles = 0 / 44.2 Total Miles = 16.8 / 1329.0 Insulated from the usual cues that wake me in the morning — a lightening sky and chirping birds — I was afraid I would oversleep in my motel room and as a result I woke […]
Sunday, 6/28 AT Miles 21.4 / 1268.0Other Miles = 0.4 / 44.2Total Miles = 21.8 / 1312.2 I was up early and out this morning, as I knew the climb up Blue Mountain after Lehigh Gap — the Palmerton Superfund Site — would be tough, and exposed to the weather. If it was sunny, it […]
