A request to all my fellow Abbey fans out there: I'd really like to get a paperback copy of Monkey Wrench Gang to readwhile hiking. When I was home a couple of weeks ago I checked my localused book store, but alas, no joy. If somebody out there has a copythey would be willing to […]
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Sunday, 6/7 AT Miles = 18.0 / 951.1Other Miles = 0.4 / 35.8Total Miles = 18.4 / 985.9 Today was another easy day, more or less. I was camped with a bunch ofpeople at Pass Mountain Hut including Gator, Slag Line, Couscous,Hulk, and Bookworm. We all decided that we would hike the 7 miles toElkwallow […]
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Saturday, 6/6 AT Miles = 15.3 / 933.1Other Miles = 0.8 / 35.4Total Miles = 16.1 / 967.5 What a nice day! I even saw a bear while eating breakfast in the dining room at Skyland. The bear was just outside the window. The waitress told me that yesterday morning a bear took a fawn […]
It is DSaturday morning and I am sitting in front of the fireplace at Skyland Lodge. The place I camped last night is only abolut 4 miles south of here, so I walked here this morning and had breakfast in the dining room. I had not intended to come here, but last night Midnight, the […]
Friday, 6/5 AT Miles = 3.7 / 917.8Other Miles = 0.4 / 34.6Total Miles = 4.1 / 951.4 I seem to have developed a strange relationship with the comforts of modern life. Living in the hot, sticky, dirty, wet world of the trail, after a while I fantasize about the comfort of a hot shower […]
Thursday, 6/4 AT Miles = 11.8 / 914.1Other Miles = 0.5 / 34.2Total Miles = 12.3 / 947.3 I did indeed get hit with a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. I was sitting at the picnic area after eating dinner reading the New York Times on my cell phone (I just love technology!), and finally I looked […]
Wild thunderstorm right now. Quite the thrill ride! I am snug and dry in my hammock. MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Tuesday 6/3 & Wednesday 6/4 Tuesday:AT Miles = 21.5 / 881.0Other Miles = 1.7 / 33.1Total Miles = 23.2 / 914.1 Wednesday:AT Miles = 21.3 / 902.3Other Miles = 0.6 / 33.7Total Miles = 21.9 / 935.0 Sorry for doing the double entry thing to you again. I was really tired last night and the […]
How I ended my day. Tired tonight. More tomorrow. MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Sunday 5/31, Monday 6/1 Sunday:AT Miles = 11.1 / 845.0Other Miles = 0 / 31.1Total Miles = 11.1 / 876.1 Monday:AT Miles = 14.5 / 859.5Other Miles = 0.3 / 31.4Total Miles = 14.8 / 890.9 Sorry for combining two days together. It is Monday afternoon now and I am sitting at the picnic table […]
Man, I can't believe how long it's been since I've hiked. For over aweek I have been a total sloth, and it's really making me a cranky,hard to live with, person. Well, on Sunday I am heading back to Virginia and come Sunday night Ishould be hanging in my hammock somewhere along the AT. I […]
Well, best laid plans and all of that… Jodi was supposed to drop me back on the Blue Ridge Parkway today, andI was going to resume my hike north. But I got a call from Anju earlythis morning telling me that she had delivered her son, and my newgrandson, Anthony. So a change of plans […]
Friday, 5/22 AT Miles = 0 / 833.9Other Miles = 0 / 31.1Total Miles = 0 / 865.0 As I think I mentioned yesterday, I talked Jodi into staying over anextra day before driving back to Bethesda. It was a wonderful day. Inthe morning we went to the post office so I could pick up […]
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Thursday, 5/21 AT Miles = 8.4 / 833.9Other Miles = 0 / 31.1Total Miles = 8.4 / 865.0 I was up at the crack of dawn this morning, and on the trail before7:00. My goal today was simple and straightforward; hike the 8+ milesto where Jodi was to meet me before 11:00AM, when she was […]
Wednesday, 5/20 AT Miles = 14.4 / 825.5Other Miles = 0.2 / 31.1Total Miles = 14.6 / 856.6 Today was a short day at only a bit over 14 miles. Just like shortweeks at work, short days on the trail often seem to last forever. The views from Spy Rock in the morning were fabulous, […]
Tuesday, 5/19 AT Miles = 15.8 / 811.1Other Miles = 0 / 30.9Total Miles = 15.8 / 842.0 Cold! Damn, but it was cold last night! The temperature dropped to just above freezing down in the hollow where we were camped. That would have been fine if I still had my warmer seeping bag and […]
$180 and they lasted two months to the day! MonkeywrenchAllen Freemanallen@allenf.comwww.allenf.comallenf.blogspot.com
Monday, 5/18 AT Miles = 18.3 / 795.3Other Miles = 0.4 / 30.9Total Miles = 18.7 / 826.2 So, kind of a mixed day. Today is the two month anniversary of the day I started my hike; that's certainly a high point. But there were other, both high and low, points to the day. Yesterday […]
Sunday, 5/17 AT Miles = 21.6 / 777.0Other Miles = 0 / 30.5Total Miles = 21.6 / 807.5 After Trail Angel John left last night, Andrew and I were left at the shelter.We decided to have a fire for the evening, and when I say we, I mean that I sat on the picnic table […]
Saturday, 5/16 AT Miles = 18.3 / 755.4Other Miles = 0.2 / 30.5Total Miles = 18.5 / 785.9 It was warm and very muggy last night. Given that, I didn't expect to sleep very well, yet I did. I was up and out early this morning. I always seem to be the first one up […]
Friday, 5/15 AT Miles = 18.5 / 737.1Other Miles = 0.4 / 30.3Total Miles = 18.9 / 767.4 I didn't want to hike today. It rained cats and dogs last night, and it was cloudy and warm and muggy this morning. Just lying in bed watching TV really appealed to me. But I am trying […]
Thursday, 5/15 AT Miles = 9o.4 / 7`8.6Other Miles = 0 / 29.9Total Miles = 9.4 / 748.5 Quite a crew of thru-hikers showed up last night, and joined myself and the two Marines already at the shelter. Everybody was talking about the AYCE buffet at Pizza Hut in Daleville, and they all decided to […]
