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Day 88 James Fry Shelter to Cover Mountain Shelter Miles Hiked: 33.6 AT Milage: 1145.0 This morning I woke up at 6am and got on the trail just after 6:35. I was on a mission to get to the post office before they closed for their afternoon lunch break. All my stuff was still wetContinueContinue reading “Day 88: Going Postal in the Cumberland Valley”

Day 87Birch Run Shelter to James Fry ShelterMiles Hiked: 17.1AT Milage: 1111.4Today I woke up around 7am exhausted from sleeping less than five hours last night. Flamingo and I got ready and hit the trail at 7:30. The terrain was pretty rocky for me, but very gentle so we moved pretty fast. We passed theContinueContinue reading “Day 87: Half Gallon Challenge”

Day 86 Chimney Rocks to Birch Run Shelters Miles Hiked: 18.4 AT Milage: 1094.3 Last night I slept okay, except from 12-3am I was awake. It’s better than a lot of other nights I’ve had on the trail. I started getting ready at 6:20 and left camp at 7:15 after doing all my stretches. MyContinueContinue reading “Day 86: Water Slide Wednesday”

Day Raven Rock Shelter to Chimney Rocks Miles Hiked: 14.4 AT Milage: 1075.9 This morning I slept in until 7am because I got such good sleep last night. I was slow to get ready. There was no rush since Flamingo and I planned out an easy 13-14 mile day today. We are meeting his momContinueContinue reading “Day 85: Welcome to Rocksylvania”

Day 84 Rocky Run Shelter to Raven Rock Shelter Miles Hiked: 20.6 AT Milage: 1061.5 Last night it started downpouring as soon as I got in my tent. At first I was dry and I was very happy with how well the tent was holding up. It actually keeps the water out unlike my otherContinueContinue reading “Day 84: Torrential Downpour”

Harpers Ferry, WV to Rocky Run Shelter Miles Hiked: 15.4 AT Milage: 1040.9 Today I got back on the trail close to 10am. I said goodbye to my boyfriend who dropped me off at the ATC. It was really sad to see him drive away knowing I won’t see him again until I am finishedContinueContinue reading “Day 83: Back to Business”

I won’t go into all the details of what I spent my long break from the trail doing, but I will talk about the things I did to try and help my feet heal a little bit and how I felt about being away from the trail. The first needs I had filled when IContinueContinue reading “Day 75-82: Rest, Recovery, and Reset”

Black Burn ATC to Harpers Ferry ATC Miles Hiked: 11.8 AT Milage: 1024.8 Today I woke up on the porch of the Blackburn ATC center at 7am. I slept less than 4 hours again last night which was super frustrating. I was worried about my phone never turning back on and I was in tooContinueContinue reading “Day 74 : Psychologically Half-way”

Rod Hollow Shelter to Blackburn AT Center Miles Hiked: 17.9 AT Milage: 1013.0 This morning I was really lazy about leaving camp because I slept so little late night. I also talked a little bit to all the new people that I had never met before. In this new group of people was about 4-6ContinueContinue reading “Day 73: Thanksgiving in June”

Day 72 Tom Floyd Shelter to Rod Hollow Shelter Miles Hiked: 26.5 AT Milage: 995.1 This morning I left the shelter first around 7am. I wanted to make good timing today and make sure to stop and do all my stretches at every break. As I got closer to the first road that I hadContinueContinue reading “Day 72: Feeling Good?”

Day 71Pass Mountain Hut to Tom Floyd ShelterMiles Hiked: 23.6AT Milage: 968.6This morning I woke up after sleeping very little last night. My foot pain has been so bad I can’t fall asleep until after 3am and even then I wake up about once every hour with stabbing pains. My knees and hips ache aContinueContinue reading “Day 71: SNP Day 6- An Epic Slack Pack from PBG”

Day 70 Rock Spring Hut to Pass Mountain Hut Miles Hiked: 15.3 AT Milage: 945.0 Last night I slept okay. Randy left the shelter at 3:30am to start hiking because he just couldn’t sleep. Broadweigh and I made a plan to hitch hike into the town of Luray and then get back to the trailContinueContinue reading “Day 70: SNP Day 5- A Quick Visit to Luray”

Day 69 Bearfence Mountain Hut to Rock Spring Hut Miles Hiked: 11.5 AT Milage: 929.7 This morning I planned to meet my friend from college, Monica, and her mom at a parking lot that was about one mile north of the shelter I was staying out on the trail. Monica and her family live rightContinueContinue reading “Day 69: SNP Day 4- Friends From Home”

Day 68 Pine Field Hut to Bearfence Mountain Hut Miles Hiked: 20.8 miles AT Milage: 918.2 This morning I left camp at 7am. I planned to do twenty miles today which was further than I wanted to go, but my only other shelter option was eight miles, which was way too short of a dayContinueContinue reading “Day 68: SNP Day 3- Trail Magic Chili”