The night was cold and the wind howled all night. It seemed my two days of summer weather had come and gone. When I felt sufficiently...

Today was an eventful day. I was on the trail by the first light and began meandering along the ridges and knobs of east Virginia. It...

All night the wind howled by Chestnut Knob Shelter where I was trying to sleep. The problem was the shelter is at the very top of the...

I was on the trail by 615 with no where to go but North. Sometimes there is something special about seeing the day begin, watching the...

I got up early from the Wise shelter and was ready to face the world. I was on the ice covered trail just as it was light and skated...

Per the usual, it froze overnight and the morning was uninviting. Luckily I had enough snacks and motivation to finally get up around 7....

Three weeks in and I am blessed with some more interesting weather. Before I get in to my day of waking let me explain the weather with a...

Occasionally I will get up earlier than is probably healthy in order to plan my day around a town or post office. Today was one of those...

When you are doing lots of miles every day, efficiency is the name of the game. You want to be taking full advantage of the daylight...

I woke up barely avoiding the many puddles the leaking roof of the shelter caused and I finally got to introduce myself to the others...

Last night my headlamp got progressively dimmer as I neared the No Business Knob shelter. This is alarming as it is one of my most useful...

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I had every intention of getting up early and getting 30 miles in before dark. That all changed when some weekend hikers showed up at the...

As it always is nearly everywhere in the US, it was a cold morning. I moved quickly and had everything packed and was moving. Just like...

Once again I could not realize the full potential of a bed in the Laughing Heart Hostel. So after laying there all morning I finally made...

It wasn’t necessarily a good night sleep in the Standing Bear Hostel. But I was protected by Sylvester the cat who was protecting me from...

Let me start with saying my wishful thinking that it would not freeze last night was misguided and caused me multiple problems in not...

The good news is that the temperature finally warmed up. It might not even get to freezing tonight. The bad news is the strongest wind...

Things I didn’t see today: the sun, people, wildlife, the trail. What I did see was snow and a very thick cloud that hung overhead all...

Imagine it snows over a foot in the last few days and the conditions would be perfect for skiing. You drive up to the mountain but...