Day 95

Day 95 – June 10 – 19.6 miles – Tumbling Run Shelters to Birch Run Shelter We were on trail by 6:30, but the views that we had not long after we started looked like it was more like evening than morning. One thing we began to notice was that at almost every road crossing […]

Day 94

Day 94 – June 9 – 5.7 miles – Waynesboro PA to Tumbling Run Shelters When Stoat and I got up in the morning we were both moving a little slower than usual. I mentioned something about taking a zero and Stoat quickly agreed. I called the front deck to reserve the room for another […]

Day 93

Day 93 – June 8 – 19 miles – Annapolis Rocks to Waynesboro PA At the Annapolis Rocks Campsite there was a caretaker that lived in a large tent. Next to the large tent was a picnic table that had a tarp hanging above it. It was there that Stoat and I decided to have […]

Day 92

Day 92 – June 7 – 18.2 miles – Ed Garvey Shelter to Annapolis Rocks Campsite Today was the first time I found hiking the trail boring. The terrain was mostly flat and there weren’t too many views. Thankfully there were several historical areas that helped keep my morale up. The first historical area we […]

Day 91

Day 91 – June 6 – 10.4 miles – Mile Marker 1019.6 to Ed Garvey Shelter Stoat and I hiked with Scarecrow and Rockstar on the way into Harpers Ferry. Not long after leaving camp we came to another Virginia / West Virginia State line sign. This time we definitely knew we were crossing the […]

Day 90

Day 90 – June 5 – 19.4 miles – Sam Moore Shelter to Mile Marker 1019.6 Three miles into the day we came to a side trail that led to the Bears Den Hostel. We decided to check it out. At the end of the side trail was a nice manicured property with a large […]

Day 89

Day 89 – June 4 – 19.8 miles – Manassar Gap – Sam Moore Shelter It was a hot and humid day. Around 9:30 in the morning Stoat and I found some beer sitting on a bed of ice on the side of the trail. We figured they were left for hikers, so we each […]

Day 88

Day 88 – June 3 – 10.7 miles – Front Royal to Manassas Gap Our friend Gabe showed up around 9 in the morning. We hadn’t seen him in a few years and it was great to see him. We went out to eat breakfast at a local diner. I felt bad because I was […]

Day 87

Day 87 – June 2 – 13.4 miles – Gravel Springs Hut to Front Royal VA Sometime in the middle of the night I woke to the sounds of someone yelling. It was Mr Shoes and he was yelling, ” Go away bear!” Momma bear had come back. I couldn’t see out of the shelter […]

Day 86

Day 86 – June 1 – 17.5 miles – Byrds Nest #3 hut to Gravel Springs Hut 1.3 miles into the day we came across a short side trail up to Mary’s Rock. The view from the top was one of my favorite in the Senandoahs. Mary’s Rock seemed to be the only view that […]