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 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! 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 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 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 Read more…
We packed up and headed out. Longevity was already gone. We saw a deer next to the trail. We have passed many remnants of stiles while hiking in Virginia. Today though, we traversed four that were still in use. We Read more…
We hiked through more blooming mountain laurel, cute little red flowers, and Indian Pea flowers. Today we visited the old school house!! This is a historic old school house. Nearby is living history farm called 1890 farm. There was a Read more…
Pink Panther was waiting for a box. She had ordered some piece of gear. It wasn’t scheduled to arrive for a few days. This town isn’t set up for hikers to wait around in. There isn’t any food (restaurants or Read more…
We left the Old Orchard Shelter and ate breakfast as we were hiking. We crossed Comers Creek this morning. This area had been closed earlier this year due to a bridge being dismantled. The bridge had been deemed unsafe by Read more…
We ate breakfast on a rock behind the shelter enjoying the view. Then we started on the trail. We hiked through lots of beautiful, blooming rhododendrons to start our day. There was also more blooming flame azaleas and mountain laurel. Read more…