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After my stay at the Maine Roadhouse, which was my favorite hostel stay on the entire trail I highly recommend it to anyone that is hiking. it was time to take on the Bigelow mountains which were a fairly easy climb compared to the mountains I had already climbed but Continue Reading

Mile 1500 was in Connecticut just before getting into Massachusetts. Massachusetts had a lot of really cool old towns with beautiful old-timey looks and feel that made days with town trips fun as well as lots of Dunkin Donuts locations. Massachusetts was also the worst state as far as bugs Continue Reading

The start of this 500 section was a climb out of Harpers Ferry in West Virginia into Maryland. The miles started going by very quickly Maryland had some amazing historic sites of the Civil War and bushes of black raspberries that made this state very enjoyable. Pennsylvania went very fast Continue Reading

Miles 500 to 1000 Of the Appalachian trail is almost entirely in the state of Virginia. Virginia was unexpectedly difficult for me as everyone that I talked to told me it is pretty flat-level cruising (That was a lie). I originally didn’t believe that the first couple of times I Continue Reading

Mile 300-400. Mile 300 started just on the walk down from the summit of Big Butt mountain (yes that is it’s real name) in North Carolina. After about 300 miles into the trail the miles seemed to start coming quicker and I felt as though the days got longer but Continue Reading

0-100 Walking the approach trail was an interesting feeling. I had just started something new and there was a lot of different feelings as I made my way to Springer mountain and I quickly realized I was pretty out of shape and my 50 lb pack was way too heavy Continue Reading

I have completed my thru-hike my day one hike out of Amicalola falls was on March 29th, 2022 and my summit day of Katahdin was on September 30th, 2022. I was unable to keep up with this as the trail had challenged me everyday and when I started I was Continue Reading

drove all the way from Michigan to Amicalola falls to start the approach trail mut upon arriving late in the day I have decided to stay at the shelter at the very start of the approach trail. After arriving I decided to do one last gear check I knew my Continue Reading

I am still figuring things out with the website and creation but please be patient while I am still figuring it out. I wanted to announce that my first project I will be starting this weekend or next week I am starting a northbound trek of the Appalachian trail and Continue Reading

Hi thank you for viewing the first post of my page! I am still trying to get a hang of how everything works when creating a blog. This all new to me so while I am setting up my site and you are wanting to follow along please be patient Continue Reading