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Ordinary Adventure 2006: October 2006
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Thursday, October 12, 2006. Daleville/Troutdale to Pearisburg, VA. Of all the months, October was the one made for hiking! The leaves are golden and bright, the sky is so richly blue and the breeze is gentle. Buster and I are getting really excited about the Gathering, a long-distance hiker festival in Pipestem, WV (near Pearisburg), where there'll be workshops, music, dancing and BBQ. Hopefully we'll run into a few other southbounders there as well as all kinds of interesting hikers from all over. Slide...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: May 2006
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006. As preparations near to a close I wonder, what are the chances that I'm able to predict just how much food I will need in the early weeks of August for a stretch of Massechusets or Connecticut? I think this mail drop thing might be over-rated. I've been swimming in mashed potato flakes, stuffing mix, cous cous, trail mix and bars upon bars of nutritional supplements and just plain tasty treats, how am I to know what the right mix will be in two months? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: Damascus, VA to Erwin, TN
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Saturday, June 23, 2007. Damascus, VA to Erwin, TN. Back on the trail until Springer, we've already had some highlights to share on the stretch between Damascus, VA and Erwin, TN. Bluebird walked into three bear cubs surrounding her without their mother around on the first day out of Damascus, while we were hiking opposite of each other using the car. The next day we hiked around Watuga Lake and over the Watuga Lake Dam built by the TVA in the 1940's to provide electricity, jobs and recreation to the are...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: Daleville/Troutdale to Pearisburg, VA
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Thursday, October 12, 2006. Daleville/Troutdale to Pearisburg, VA. Of all the months, October was the one made for hiking! The leaves are golden and bright, the sky is so richly blue and the breeze is gentle. Buster and I are getting really excited about the Gathering, a long-distance hiker festival in Pipestem, WV (near Pearisburg), where there'll be workshops, music, dancing and BBQ. Hopefully we'll run into a few other southbounders there as well as all kinds of interesting hikers from all over.
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: Pearisburg to Atkins, VA
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Pearisburg to Atkins, VA. This entry is a long time coming. It's incredibly hard to write a concluding journal when you're not finished with the trail. That was a long story to recount, but it was probably the most frightening experience on the trail for me. In all the other scary parts (crossing Saddleback in cold and rain, crossing the swollen streams in Maine, the snakes, etc) we were together and had each other to help us get through. With the shortening daylight, getting 2...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: September 2006
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006. The Shenandoahs were a welcome change with their very gently graded trails, excellent maintenance, and beautiful views. This is one on the southern end of the park that I thought was particularly breathtaking. A snapshot from our disposable camera does not do it justice. PA/MD Border to Waynesboro, VA. We're in the South! After Harpers Ferry we headed south into Virginia! We packed in a lot of goodies from the camp store to the next shelter and had a good old time. Pennsylv...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: July 2006
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Sunday, July 30, 2006. Glencliff, NH to Rutland, VT. The end of July finds us taking a short break from the trail in Sidney, New York at Garrett’s house. We had good hiking from Hanover, NH through to the middle of VT (Rutland) where the Long Trail intersects with the AT (The LT is a trail that runs the vertical length of VT and the AT follows it for the its bottom half). We love the trails in Vermont! We also had another surprise in Rutland when we were walking down the street and Garrett ran into his n...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: June 2007
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Saturday, June 23, 2007. Damascus, VA to Erwin, TN. Back on the trail until Springer, we've already had some highlights to share on the stretch between Damascus, VA and Erwin, TN. Bluebird walked into three bear cubs surrounding her without their mother around on the first day out of Damascus, while we were hiking opposite of each other using the car. The next day we hiked around Watuga Lake and over the Watuga Lake Dam built by the TVA in the 1940's to provide electricity, jobs and recreation to the are...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: June 2006
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Monday, June 26, 2006. Caratunk to Stratton, ME. Half a day in rainy Stratton:. After our stay at the resort in Caratunk we crossed the Kennebec River on the canoe ferry. The ferryman was very kind and quite the story-teller. He's been ferrying hikers for 17 years across the only river that the ATC has deemed unfordable. We've now met about 10 northbounders who've come from Georgia. They say that southern Maine is pretty tough with a 4000 peak nearly every day. Now that we are headed for the higher mount...
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Ordinary Adventure 2006: August 2006
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Monday, August 28, 2006. Palwing, NY to Vernon, NJ. We are now in Vernon, NJ, at a hostel the Episcopal church runs in their basement. It's extremely comfortable and has all the right amenities (laundry, shower, internet, tv/movies, etc). We got here on Friday night soaked from a day's worth of heavy rain. This was the first rain we had walked in since on top of Mt. Washington (we were getting spoiled! And he offered us all kinds of food from his truck which he keeps stocked for hikers he meets along the...
