Day 83: Over the Halfway in a Breezeway
Summary: Random campsite mile 872 Random campsite mile 890 Total miles: 18 So, mile-wise, one may notice we are not halfway, but with...
Day 82: You Are Here
*Summary: Rockfish Gap 861.9 to Random Campsite 872 Total: 10.1 miles *From this post forward we plan on doing a mileage and location...
Day 81:Â The Quiet Side of Waynesboro
The day didn't start out super quiet as Leap Frog and Extra Mile got up early to get to the trail. We were up at around 6 and stayed in...
Day 80:Â AYCE Recs Received
We started to stir around 8:30 and discovered, to our astonishment, that Dean was still sleeping. He hadn't been getting much sleep...
Day 79: Too Many Too Manys
We were feeling pretty upset with the trail this morning for giving us so many rocks. Making it towards town picks up our spirits,...
Day 78: Where are the Flats Father?
We wanted to make more than twenty miles today to reduce our hike into Waynesboro tomorrow. The terrain wasn't exactly cooperating, and...
Day 77:Â Damn, Cole, You Cool
We decided, after trying and failing to wake up early for hiking, to accept that mornings just aren't for us. Hopefully one day we will...
Day 76: Impossibly Delicious
We got a bit more sleep again. No breakfast in a hotel can be nice because it doesn't make you feel obliged to get up at a certain time....
Day 75:Â Oops, We Zeroed Again
We decided we really needed to catch up on sleep, so at 8 Tyler called the front desk and asked if we could stay in the room another...
Day 74: 23 is a Number feat. Speed Demons
We didn't sleep well during the night (sore everything and noisy campers), so despite wanting to get on the trail at 7, we left at...
Day 73:Â Squirrel Suits Okay
The morning was sunny and dry. So dry, in fact, that the rain fly which we had put on wet, was dry. Even the socks, too wet to worry...
Day 72:Â Day of the Salamanders
Today was the day of the Salamanders. In all, we counted 29 salamanders. One greeted us in the morning. Salamanders, as you probably...
Day 71:Â Seeing the Future
Once again our morning angel, Dean, brought us coffee since the hotel coffee was beyond weak. Dean is a thru hiker AND a trail angel....
Day 70: The Pirates of HoJo's
Dean woke us up for breakfast at 8:30 since it ended at 9 and he knew we wouldn't want to miss it. He seems to be our morning angel....
Day 69:Â A Trio of Slackpackers
We woke up at 5 because roosters are horrible creatures. Having not grown up around many, we sort of thought they just cock-a-doodled...