Month: April 2022

Day 71: Rt 620 to McAfee Knob Parking Lot (Catawba, VA) — I have now finished hiking all 540 miles of the VA section of the AT!!!

Day 70: a glorious day of hiking with an interlude of transcendent peace

Day 69: Bailey’s Gap Shelter to VA Rt 42 (north of Pearisburg). A day with LOTS of ups and downs.

AT Day 68: Rice Field Shelter to Bailey’s Gap Shelter. A beautiful ridge walk with some uphill slogs.

“I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” ~ Andrew Garfield April 19, 2022AT miles: 7.0Ascent: 2233’Descent: 544’Weather: Cold and windySightings: 2 hikersHigh points: Wildflowers! After a quick early morning drive from Williamsburg to the McAfee Knob parking lot, my hiking partner and I took a shuttle down to the Pearis …

Day 67: Pearis Cemetery to Rice Field Shelter (Pearisburg, VA) Read More »

A wonderful end to a three-day section hike. Only one section to go in Virginia!

A easy ridge hike to the best hostel on the AT.

I’m happy to be back on the AT again. Today’s section is an isolated ten-mile section in far south-western Virginia left over from last fall.