Positive Spirits, Helpful Shouting

  • AT Day 140: New Jersey - New York - New England

    Leaving Pennsylvania felt like closing a long chapter of the hike, and crossing into New Jersey turned out to be the start of a series of pleasant surprises. Pennsylvania was overall pretty...

  • AT Day 122: And The States Won't Stop (But I Might Here And There)

    The days out of Front Royal passed more quickly than any others thus far. As expected, the handful of familiar folks I had seen through Shenandoah were now ahead of me, or...

  • AT Day 102: Definitely The Last Update From Virginia

    The past month-so since my last update has included some of my best days on trail, as well as most challenging. The canoe trip was a great success, despite some setbacks, and...

  • AT Day 77: More Virginia, But Not The Same

    The past few weeks have been “fluid,” to put it kindly, but more fairly have been the most by-the-seat-of-my-pants yet. I write this from mile 740, just past the 1/3 mark of...