Years ago (when The Yellow Pages was a most popular "book" of information to have around the house) there was a promotional ad that said, "Let Your Fingers Do The Walking Through The Yellow Pages." Regarding the Blog Pages to our website... "LET YOUR EYES DO THE WALKING," As we attempt this journey of a [...]
Slipper and I met up with two of our friends from Tennessee (who drove up to Pearisburg, Virginia for their vacation) to share in FUNTIME ON THE TRAIL. Al and Norma (Trail Names: Shiner & Ju Ju) are planning their attempt to thru-hike The Appalachian Trail in 2019 and were present during our "Send-Off-Party" from [...]
Narrows, Virginia... named: "Narrows" because it is here that the river is most narrow... has a "NARROW" of things to do in this small town. Alan, the Owner, is most accommodating and is willing to shuttle for resupply (as well as pick up and deliver to the trailhead). Hearing from other Hikers that the motels [...]
WE LOVE VIRGINIA! While the state of Virginia contains 500+ miles of the Appalachian Trail... we love it! This (so far) is an absolutely beautiful state and the vast array of hiking terrain is much appreciated. I have already commented on this special trait of Virginia, and while I have heard other Hikers comment about [...]
Perhaps more people would visit town more often if they had A BEAUTIFUL APPROACH INTO TOWN, like the approach we have into Pearisburg, Virginia. While we enjoy the constant and consistent beauty of a "trash-free" trail (except perhaps the "Hiker Trash" that walk it)... as we descend into neighboring towns, we comment on how ugly [...]
We have been quite fortunate with weather and have had the opportunities to bypass much of the bad weather by getting into a nearby town before it hit! Friday (April 22) was no different in that we were able to get out of the approaching rains by hiking 1/2 mile off the trail to Trent's [...]
I'm thinking of the Osmond Brother's song: "Down By The Lazy River..." Back on the trail today for a 16 miler, we come across this lazy river for our lunch location of choice! Why eat at a fast food restaurant... or a 5-star restaurant... when you can have lunch down by the river? WHERE DO [...]
The Oasis in the Featured Photo is a large valley at the base of Chestnut Knob Shelter and is especially beautiful if you like Farm Houses, Barns, Pastures, Cattle and such. Slipper and I are suckers for Farm Houses, and fell in love with this view. The climb up and across the above photoed bald, [...]
I have come to learn that there are some people and some "towns" along The Appalachian Trail that simply DO NOT LIKE HIKERS! I'm not naming-any-names and I'm not calling-out-towns, but as we walked through one particular section of the trail... someone was shooting their gun extremely close to where we were (so close we [...]
Hear Ye... Hear Ye... Hear Ye... we are 1/4 OF THE WAY TO MAINE! So to answer the nagging question, (you know... the one that we all asked our parents when we were traveling on vacation...) "Are we there yet?"... we have a long way to go!!! While we have been on The Appalachian Trail [...]
