Year: 2023

• AT 67: Banana Pudding

  

  The last full day before resupply/a hostel stay. We did plan big miles for today to get into town early tomorrow. Being low on food, trail magic by Holy Roller and Tuna at noon came in exceptionally handy. They did go big and got burgers, chips, fruit and then some. The homemade banana pudding was…

• AT 66: The Priest

  

  Woke up with a sore throat. Medicated with gummies from Watermelon Man. Today: A long descent, followed by a long ascent. Stopped by the Priest Shelter for lunch and a read of the confessions journal. Trail magic in the form of freeze dried physalis in the valley. Hot weather, but hazy again. Set up camp…

• AT 65: Thunderstorms

  

  Started at the Route 60 trailhead, where we got peaches from a cat lady searching for her lost 21st cat. A long ascent up the mountain, then more chill terrain. Got chased down the mountain by a thunderstorm at 2 PM, which we waited out huddling under an umbrella. Hail, lightning, pouring rain. Went as…

• AT 64: 800 Miles, Buena Vista

  

  Got a nice pancake breakfast at Stanimals, then headed back out to the trail. Completed 800 miles, packed out junk/town food and had a good time. Hiked with Hello and Buckeye Boy for the day. Got picked up in the evening by FREEDOM, who let Turmeric shuttle us into Buena Vista. Stayed at the town…

• AT 63: To Glasgow

  

  Goal for today: Glasgow, VA. Saw a radar dome, had to bushwhack around a snake guarding its den right on trail, passed the Guillotine. Crossed the river into Glasgow on the footbridge and got shuttled to Stanimals in the Nastymobile. Checked in, got out to resupply and eat at the pizza place. Had a nice…