Astrogirl

(my notes for this hike have been misplaced, this is from memory, but the shelter pictures and other images at whiteblaze.net were immensely helpful!).

22 or maybe a little more hiked

My feet looked like hamburger. When I took my socks off at the car, they were bloody. Those shoes have been taken to the [...]

(my notes for this hike have been misplaced, this is from memory, but the shelter pictures and other images at whiteblaze.net were immensely helpful!).

An even 20 miles hiked

I probably would have collapsed at Raccoon Branch, but it is closed, permanently, I think.

We got some heavy rain today, and my feet started to get beat-up. [...]

(my notes for this hike have been misplaced, this is from memory, but the shelter pictures and other images at whiteblaze.net were immensely helpful!).

17 miles hiked

I took tons of pictures today, and here they are in sequence with little explanations.

Obviously, I had another hiker take this picture. Since lot my notes, I haven’t a [...]

(my notes for this hike have been misplaced, this is from memory, but the shelter pictures and other images at whiteblaze.net were immensely helpful!).

19.5 miles hiked

I came in here when it was nearly dark and thundering.

I slept in the shelter, which is almost always a mistake for me. I never sleep well because the [...]

I have completely lost my journals from this hike, which is why I haven’t posted it until now. I was holding out hope that I could actually find the bits of paper that I needed.

There are pictures, and with a map and pictures of shelters on another site, I was able to piece something [...]

6/17 ~ Harper’s Ferry, WV (12.4 miles)

No doubt, I will pay dearly for this tomorrow. I had planned to camp somewhere outside Harper’s Ferry, but that’s not what I wound up doing.

It started pouring rain last night. I woke up at 5 am (that’s what happens when you go to bed at 10 pm). I [...]

6/16 ~ Snicker’s Gap to Blackburn A.T. Center (7.5 miles)

I’m tired & out of it at the moment. I’m sure I’ll feel better after I rest a bit. This place is *posh* and friendly. There’s food cooking & I know there’s a pie in the oven. Can you believe that? PIE?  The trail was much [...]