After writing my last blog, the owner of the lookout yardsale approached myself and another hiker Forge. She mentioned that someone had offered “trail magic” to us, meaning if we wanted to we had the opportunity to stay at the hostel another night for free. After taking some time to think about it, I decided…

Day 76 (Mile 1261.4) The day after my greatest accomplishment (eating a half gallon of ice cream). My brother and Dad came down to Pine Grove to visit and do a gear trade off. Specifically, I traded my 30 degree bag for a 50 degree sleeping bag. I also snagged my kindle and transformed my…

Day 69 (Mile 1105.9) So it has been a while since my last blog entry. I feel like over the past month I have had various reasons for not catching up on my blog. The first reason and probably the most irritating came around the 800 mile mark. After leaving Glasgow VA, I ran into…

Day 53 (Mile 788) After reaching the playground, I made camp and hung around for a little bit. After watching the new season of Tom Segora’s show I fell asleep. I was sound alseep until 12:30 when I woke up to the sound of a train whistle and the earth shaking. I instantly dropped some…

Day 46 (Mile 732.5) So it has been a bit since my last entry. I was hoping I could return to my previous layout of blogging where I break each day down with my milage split as well as what I did, but that has become harder and harder to maintain. So, this week started…

Day 40 (Mile 625.8)Its been a few days since my last blog entry. I would like to say it was because I havent had time. But I suppose when all you do all day is walk, eat, and sleep its hard to use that as an excuse. Either way, I figured I would spend this…

Day 25 (Mile 470) After waking up we knew we had a short 9-10 miles into Damscus for the start of Trail Days (while crossing into Virginia). Little did we know that the last 10 miles into town was incredibly easy and was a great grade for cruising some miles. We ended up crossing into…

Day 21 Continued (Mile 382.2) After I posted my blog, I set up my tent and was taking in the view when another thru hiker I knew came up the trail. He complemented me on my campsite and then mentioned the trail angels gave him 6 beers and offered me one. Obviously I accepted his…

Day 20 (Mile 366.1) Seeing that I had the luxury of a “full” night of the luxurious WiFi, and an Air Conditioner. I took full advantage and I stayed up maybe a little too late and caught up on the Boys before bed (I did strech and use my cork ball, so not a total…