Adventures of The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang
How “Mystery Bob’ found his way onto my pack
How I ended up on The Appalachian Trail
Fall 2016: Massie Gap and North
Spring 2015: How We Finished ‘The Death March’ Nearly Four Years Later
Journeying to Damascus, Fall 2015: Beautiful weather, brilliant colors … somethin’ just ain’t right!
Fall 2014: Little Wilbur Road to Damascus, Virginia … not quite
Fall 2013, Indian Grave Gap to Iron Mountain Gap: For me, hiking’s not about ‘man vs. elements’
Spring 2013: Hiking with Hardtack from Springer Mountain to Woody Gap
Some A.T. hikes are just too memorable: Apple House to Dennis Cove
A Walk in the Smokies: Catching What Bill Bryson Missed
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Fall 2016: Massie Gap and North
My relationship with The A.T. is like the yearning for a lover, and yet it’s more like a May-December romance, and here I am in autumn: I know The Trail is more of a young man’s mistress, yet I’m drawn like the proverbial moth to a flame: I may burn out and die there, but it’ll be in the arms of my lover. Continue reading