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Virginia Section Hike Lamberts Meadow Shelter to US Rt 220 Daleville

Today we were heading into Daleville. I was very excited to have some town food and wash clothes, or more specifically, have clean clothes. The area after Lambert Meadow Shelter had some more ledges and cliffs. We got a view this morning! The trail got real cruise-y after Hay Rocks. Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago February 13, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike VA 624 to Lamberts Meadow Shelter

We got up at 6:30. Everyone else in the hostel was asleep. We gathered our things and went outside to finish packing up and eat breakfast. The view of the farm and the hills was very serene. We filled up our water bottles at the spigot. The weather was already Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago February 12, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Campsite at Mile 690.2 to VA 624

We climbed up Brush Mountain and took the SHORT blue blaze to the Audie Murphy monument. This was a relatively dry section and a hot day. We passed one creek near a dirt road. There was a parking area here and a trash can! I dumped our trash. We sat Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago February 5, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Laurel Creek Shelter to Campsite at Mile 690.2

Twenty-five years ago on Cadillac Mountain, Frosty and I got married! We have spent many of our anniversaries in interesting places while on summer adventures from Newfoundland to Alaska to the Black Hills. In a field, we met a retired section hiker. She had only 159 miles left of the Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 23, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Bailey Gap Shelter to Laurel Creek Shelter

The day began with miles of rocky, overgrown trail. The plants were wet from the rain previous day’s rain and dew. We saw several snails on the trail in the damp areas. These snails are so cool and SO big! We also saw a doe. It ran off as we Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 23, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Campsite Near Spring to Bailey Gap Shelter

We hiked through more overgrown brush and thorn branches. We also passed more blooming white rhododendrons in one area and some cool large boulders. We stopped into the Pine Swamp Branch Shelter for 40 minutes. We rested, rehydrated, and had snacks. Someone had hung a roll of toilet paper from Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 23, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike VA Rt 100 to Campsite Near Spring

We slept in and lolled around all morning. We ate breakfast food and snacks in our room. We finally rolled out well after 10:00. We caught a shuttle to VA Rt. 100. It was a hot day with plenty of uphill as we ascended the Peter’s Mountain Ridge. I was Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 23, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Stealth Site to VA Rt 100 & Pearisburg

We left our stealth site and headed down the trail. We took the short blue blaze to Angel’s Rest Rock. Walking out to Angel’s Rest Rock, we passed some cool large rock features. I was thinking about Angel’s Rest Hostel and town food during the hike down to VA Rt. Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 22, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Wapiti Shelter to Stealth Site

Our day started with a sit down breakfast at the shelter. Some days we sit and have breakfast. Other days we eat on the trail. A thru hiker, Vega, came in for a short break. After breakfast, we started climbing up onto a ridge. As we neared the top of Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 19, 2022
Appalachian Trail

Virginia Section Hike Stealth Site to Wapiti Shelter

We had a gentle downhill hike to Rt. 606, where Sweets was going to meet us. She would be picking Sharkey up. We waited nearly two hours for Sweets, It was so worth it! She brought meatball subs from Subway! We headed down near the creek/bridge to eat. I ate Read more…

By Magoo, 1 year ago January 17, 2022

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