Category Archives: Appalachian Trail

We left Tom’s house mid-pack – there were 10+ tents in his back yard at the end of the day yesterday and about half were gone in the morning, while others were slower to get started or heading to grab … Continue reading →

My uncle recently questioned whether this is a hiking blog or a food blog.  Today it’s definitely on the food side, since we passed through a lot of towns. First, we finished climbing Mt Greylock, and checked out the large, … Continue reading →

Today was much more exciting than yesterday! First we had some nasty, sweaty climbs around Bennington, VT.  We had heard the last few miles of Vermont were particularly muddy, and we were walking along laughing about how whiny northbounders were. … Continue reading →

A lazy morning, we made blueberry pancakes and coffee and chilled out until 11. Then we got a ride into town from Jeff, the owner of the hostel, and grabbed lunch to go.  We intended to walk out of town, … Continue reading →

We do crazy things for food! We set an alarm for 6am so we could hike a mile to the road, then 1/2 mile up the road to Qu’s Whistle Stop Diner for breakfast. We each had coffee (hurray for … Continue reading →

We zipped into Killington this morning, because we needed guide book pages, and got those right away so we could plan the next few days. While in town we checked out the local outfitters, and I got some new socks. … Continue reading →

We are really getting into the thick of northbound hikers now.  I expect even more, but we probably passed 25 today.  Beyond that, we rolled over hills all morning. At lunch we stopped at a private winterized hut, with a … Continue reading →

We slept in a bit at Ross’s, then made a massive fruit salad and blueberry pancake breakfast – both with huge amounts of the blueberries we picked yesterday! We packed and Ross drove us over to the trail by 11ish.  … Continue reading →