Twenty-five years ago on Cadillac Mountain, Frosty and I got married! We have spent many of our anniversaries in interesting places while on summer adventures from Newfoundland to Alaska to the Black Hills. In a field, we met a retired section hiker. She had only 159 miles left of the Read more…
The day began with miles of rocky, overgrown trail. The plants were wet from the rain previous day’s rain and dew. We saw several snails on the trail in the damp areas. These snails are so cool and SO big! We also saw a doe. It ran off as we Read more…
We hiked through more overgrown brush and thorn branches. We also passed more blooming white rhododendrons in one area and some cool large boulders. We stopped into the Pine Swamp Branch Shelter for 40 minutes. We rested, rehydrated, and had snacks. Someone had hung a roll of toilet paper from Read more…
We slept in and lolled around all morning. We ate breakfast food and snacks in our room. We finally rolled out well after 10:00. We caught a shuttle to VA Rt. 100. It was a hot day with plenty of uphill as we ascended the Peter’s Mountain Ridge. I was Read more…
We left our stealth site and headed down the trail. We took the short blue blaze to Angel’s Rest Rock. Walking out to Angel’s Rest Rock, we passed some cool large rock features. I was thinking about Angel’s Rest Hostel and town food during the hike down to VA Rt. Read more…
Our day started with a sit down breakfast at the shelter. Some days we sit and have breakfast. Other days we eat on the trail. A thru hiker, Vega, came in for a short break. After breakfast, we started climbing up onto a ridge. As we neared the top of Read more…
We had a gentle downhill hike to Rt. 606, where Sweets was going to meet us. She would be picking Sharkey up. We waited nearly two hours for Sweets, It was so worth it! She brought meatball subs from Subway! We headed down near the creek/bridge to eat. I ate Read more…
It was raining in the morning when we woke up, but the rain was supposed to stop in a few hours. We decided to wait it out in the shelter. We would be meeting Sweets tomorrow and didn’t have a whole lot of mileage to make in a day and Read more…
The MGH brings hikers to an Amish breakfast at Burke’s Garden General Store. I was a bit tempted by the all you could eat bacon, but they don’t even head to breakfast until 9:00. I wanted to get on trail. I’m a morning person and definitely wanted to get Read more…
We packed up and continued up Chestnut Knob. Frosty and I are slow going up hill. Sharkey likes to power up fast, so he took off. We met up with Sharkey at the Chestnut Knob Shelter. This is an enclosed stone cabin with bunks inside. It was a fire warden’s Read more…