I forgot to mention that new photos are up: http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATWaynesboroVAToFrontRoyalVA# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
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Monday, 6/8 AT Miles = 8.5 / 959.6Other Miles = 0 / 35.8Total Miles = 8.5 / 994.4 As predicted, it was a sweaty and sticky night last night. I didn’tsleep very well, yet at the same time sunrise seemed to come awfullyfast. I was up and out PDQ, especially since I had eaten the […]
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 […]
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 […]
http://picasaweb.google.com/affreeman1959/ATDalevilleVAToWaynesboroVA# — ~~~~~ Allen F. Freeman allen@allenf.com www.allenf.com allenf.blogspot.com
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 […]
