Author Archives: Ryley

We woke up to more rain and it was coming down pretty hard all morning. We were convinced to bail a bit early into town as we slogged over a couple mountains and then very steeply down to the road. … Continue reading →

We had a pretty smooth morning highlighted by meeting some new hikers – Dr. Banner and Rabbi. We hiked with them a bit, then met 3 more new hikers at lunch – Weird, Magic, and Web MD.  When we rolled … Continue reading →

It rained over night but stopped just as we were getting up.  Good thing too, as we had a lot of mountain to climb and the opportunity for nice views!  First we dropped way down to a “ford” that we … Continue reading →

New, larger shoes and a much lighter tape job on my toes made a huge difference today.  Basically no pain left, fingers crossed! We had breakfast and chatted with the hotel owner, Sue,  then she shuttled us up to the … Continue reading →

Today was basically a day off, with a nice 5 mile walk to the highway, where we were quickly picked up by Boomerang, a southbounder who was just getting back on trail, but offered to take us into town first.  … Continue reading →

Last night we were visited by a bunny that was really interested in the dead leaves right beside our heads.  Kept us up a bit til we got a good look at it and realized it was harmless. Big day … Continue reading →

We got up a bit early today, hiking before 7, in order to catch the “ferry” at 9, 6 miles down the trail.  It turns out that the ferry is just a guy named Hillbilly Dan and his canoe.  We … Continue reading →

We climbed a pretty real mountain this morning, Moxie Bald. Once we were in top we had a long break just watching the forested hills around us.  No bugs, nice temperature, very unusual for the AT so far 🙂 Next … Continue reading →

We decided to head out in the morning after doing some grocery shopping, and listening to one last jam session by all the musically talented hikers. The trail was smooth for about 12 miles, then we had two deep river … Continue reading →