Blood Mountain Shelter, Georgia
View from Blood Mtn
Chad at Neels Gap, Walasi Yi Center, 30mi into the trail.
Patio at Neels Gap. First chance for Ice Cream on the trail.
Mountains of the Chatahoochie Nat'l Forest, Georgia.
Yep
Lunch at Rocky Mountain Shelter, Georgia
Mornin' Joe, Tray Mountain, Georgia
Unconventional Lodgings, Hiawassee Inn, Hiawassee, Georgia...right after the owner let me take his minivan to the supermarket
Hustler at the Woodwards, Franklin, NC...sweet sweet futons.
View from the Woodwards' front deck.
Hustler and Greenlite
Doug Woodward, kind enough to take us in for the night. http://www.headwaterspublishing.com/
Ramps growing on the side of the trail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tricoccum
View from Wayah Bald near Wesser, NC
Wayah Bald, Observation Tower
Nantahala River near Wesser, NC
Hustler, Brian and Greenlite, Fontana Marina, Fontana Lake, NC
High Life
Fontana Village, Lobby, built by CCC
Fontana Lake
Houseboat that kind folks from Greenville, SC invited us to lunch on
Man down.
Kind folks from Greenville, SC
The Dude, Fontana Marina
Self-explanatory. If the terrorist threat is above yellow, we are not allowed to cross the dam. Yes, the terrorists affect the AT.
Jim, on the left here, was nice enough to slow down and let me hop on for a motorcycle ride across the dam.
Dam.
View of the dam from Shuckstack Mtn. Knee-deep in the Smokies.
Serious injuries and death, folks.
Rocky Top, the Smokies, mornings.
'Spring beauties' blanketed the forest floor in the Smokies. Timing is everything.
View from Clingman's Dome - highest point on the AT at 6600 ft or so.
Hitching down to Gatlinburg with Hatchet and Greenlite.
Thankfully our hitch was on their way to a waterfall. Mingo Falls, Cherokee, NC.
Tracy, Pat, and he whose name I cannot remember. From St. Louis and on a roadtrip and took me on my first redneck safari.
Newfound Gap on the NC/TN state line in the Smokies.
Gatlinburg Nights.
Gatlinburg Nights 2.
Gatlinburg Nights 3.
Gatlinburg Nights 4.
Hitching out of Gatlinburg.
Upturned roots, Smokies.
Charlie's Bunyon, Smokies.
Pigeon River, TN.
Only in the South.
Standing Bear Farm Hostel, Davenport, TN
Standing Bear's chicken coop.
Ridin' high.
Wildflowers, NC.
Max Patch, NC.
Max Patch
Elmer's Sunnybank Inn, Hot Springs, NC
Outside view of Elmer's
Moontower, Goose & Tank about to leave Hot Springs. Leaving Hot Springs...not easy.
Smiling Bandit, Curley Maple Gap Shelter outside of Erwin, TN.
Greenlite and Mr. Parkay
Redbeard at Overmountain Shelter
Getting ready for ramps n' pasta.
View from Overmountain. Ramps n' pasta.
Redbeard
Overmountain Shelter, a converted barn.
Little Hump, Roan Mountain, TN
Max, Little Bee and Bumblebee
Longhorns on Big Hump
Bring your Chihuahua to the AT day
Clare Fieseler appearance. Jones Falls, TN
Bearbait and Robo at the Farmer's Cabin trail magic
Kismet, Wimbledon, Buckeye and Smiletrain - Farmer's Cabin
Baltimore Jack and Charlie the Trail Lion
Laurel Falls, Hampton, TN
Basher
Kincora Hostel run by the one and only Bob Peoples. Hampton, TN
Bumblebee, Bob Peoples, Baltimore Jack
Legs, Dave, Wes, Gambit, Mr. Parkay at Kincora
Scenes from Damascus/Trail Days
Look, Rob!
Pink Blaze Nazi's kitteh
Samwise and his stachewax
Up and At'em and Buckeye
Pink Blaze Nazi and Moleskin
Miss Janet's van
Trail Days mornings
Scenes from Damascus
Bob Peoples giving out awards for trail maintainers, Trail Days main stage
If Jack Sparrow was a dog.
Damascus teenagers trying to pick up girls on horses.
Self-explanatory
Tweak, Buzzard Rock, VA
View from Buzzard Rock
Ponies in Grayson Highlands
Tweak, Moontower and Emo-Pony
Greenlite going through Fat Man Squeeze in Grayson Highlands
A favorite white blaze
Cows in the woods
Virginia wildflowers
Appalachian Trail Outreach Ministry of the Methodist Church, Bastian, VA
Hiker feed near Bland, VA put on by two section hikers from WV
Insomniac's sweet tat
Greenlite, Doc, pint o'Ben & Jerry's
View of Bland, VA from the Walker Motel
Wimbledon's zelda-pose with a sword he found at Dismal Falls near Pearisburg, VA
Wimbledon and Smiletrain's attempted water crossing
success
New River coal train, Pearisburg, VA
Zipline crossings at the Captain's House in VA. Trail angel that lets you camp in his yard across the creek.
Nanny Goat and Stooge, our trail parents for a week.
The Homeplace restaurant in Catawba, VA. All-you-can-eat heaven.
McAfee's Knob, Catawba, VA
Windbreaker playing us a morning song on the 'jo, McAfee Knob
Safety first
Berry Cobbler from a dutch oven at a hiker feed on the Blue Ridge Parkway
sweet sweet hiker feeds
Footbridge over the James River near Glasgow, VA
Sunset between the hills over Peddlar's Lake near the Blue Ridge Parkway
Post 900miles...the original trailrunners were retired.
Wild turkey in Shenandoah.
Skyland Resort, Shenandoah Nat'l Park
mmmmmpoisonivy
yep
Bambi...cornered.
Bambi...on the move.
Greenlite and his dad, Georgia Pine.
Georgia Pine overlooking Luray, VA from Shenandoah
Greenlite and Fat Kid at Elkwallow Wayside, Shenandoah
West by god Virginia
The DC folks out to Harpers Ferry for a night o'camping.
Jasmine Taormino at Taormino's Restaurant, Fayetteville, PA. Spent my birthday dinner there and she was the dining room entertainment.
Angelo and Jasmine after Jasmine brought out her stuffed animal collection
HALFWAY
Half-gallon ice cream challenge, Pine Grove Furnace State Park, PA
August Rush, current half gallon challenge record-holder
Old Man River getting after it
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Greenery
FLAT TRAIL!!
Boiling Springs, PA
Sunset over Boiling Springs
Panza and folks at the infamous Doyle Hotel, Duncannon PA
Greenlite and Joe Kickass
Last moments with long hair.
Susquehanna River right before the confluence with the Juniata
Turtle buddies
PA mining ghost towns
501 Shelter in PA where you can order pizza
Swimmin' hole
cold
Salty Dog takin in the view from a power line cut near Wind Gap, PA
The first fire I built meself on the trail
Delaware Water Gap, PA
Old Hotel in Delaware Water Gap
Church of the Mountain Hostel, Delaware Water Gap
Moonshine finally appears near Sunfish Pond in NJ. It was brought up from Tennessee the day before.
Big ole black snake near Sunfish Pond
Rock art on Sunfish Pond
Lake next to an old YMCA camp where we spent the night in NJ
Kelleeeyy!!! cookin' near the NJ/NY state line
And she brought goodies!
Tinman and Gaspar, the French Canadians. Tinman had a heart transplant a few years prior and is now hiking the trail.
Kel & I overlooking Bellvale, NY from the ice cream place next to the trail that had yet to open...blah.
happpyyy!!!
Falls near Arden, NY
Unclear
Getting one's bearings.
Sir Richard and Greenlite
Manhatten Skyline from Harriman State Park
Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson River
Pawling Oak near Pawling, NY. Largest tree on the AT at over 18 ft in girth and thought to be 300 yrs old
treehugger
Norah's house, awesome woman who took us in for the night near Kent, CT
Greenlite, Norah, Jesse & Tucker
Greenlite at Sandy Beach in Cohasset, MA...brief break from the trail.
Bascom Lodge on top of Mt. Greylock, highest point in MA
Monument and observation tower for those who served from Massachusetts. Handstands?
View from Mt. Greylock
Ma Fahmah, Fahmah and myself after they met us on top of Mt. Greylock to grill us up an amazing meal.
Mt. Greylock sunsets.
Sir Richard, Buckeye, Greenlite and myself at shelter near Bromley Mtn., VT
Rock art/cairns in the woods alongside the trail in the Green Mountain National Forest
Amee Farm Hostel in Pittsfield, VT
First floor of the barn
Second floor of the barn with the cots for hikers.
Pittsfield, VT mornings
Selica and Richard, former Southbounders who took over running the hostel and decked out the barn.
Snakeeyes, ready to go
VT streams
Suicide Six ski area, South Pomfret, VT
Teago General Store, South Pomfret, VT
First DOC sign on the AT
Wildflowers, South Hartford, VT
Trail Magic in the woods near Warren, NH
Moosilauke summit self-portraits
Backside of Moosilauke
Me and Kevman at Town Square in Waterville Valley
Dave, Mom and Kev, Waterville Valley Pizza
Mima showing up to see what this trail thing was all about at Kinsman Notch near North Woodstock, VT
Bullwinkle
Pretty much what any level part of the trail looked like in New Hampshire
View from Kinsman Mtn
First views of Franconia Ridge, Mt. Lafayette, Mt Lincoln
Franconia Ridge over Lonesome Lake
Sign in the bathroom at Galehead Hut, where we did a work-for-stay
Main Room at Galehead
Galehead
Sago River, Crawford Notch, NH
Look closely and you'll see the rainbow
Rainbow
Sidetrip to Arathusa Falls near Crawford Notch, NH
Dinner for the crew and thru-hikers at Mizpah Hut in the Presidential Range
Mizpah Hut
Tasha, future Mizpah Croo-member
First solid view of Mt. Washington
Presidentials
Greenlite and Tarzan, about to make final ascent to Mt. Washington from Lake of the Clouds Hut
Lakes of the Clouds
View back over Lakes of the Clouds Hut from the Mt. Washington climb
Victory!
80s!!
Cog Railway joins us at the top. Now runs on Biodiesel
It's not quite a Katahdin Summit photo but here's the retirement of my last pair of shoes. End o'hike.
