Sat, June 18, 2016 Lisa kindly brought me coffee in the morning – I was the only senior citizen in the bunch.  Later that morning, she and her husband went for a ride.  It was a bright, sunny day and a great day for a picnic. Several days before I had arranged with Bonnie to […]

Fri, June 17, 2016 The misty night turned to misty day.  Tenters squatted in the woods near the shelter and one just off the trail.  Here comes that neat, tidy part of me again.  I thought it was so cool to see someone’s home – a totally portable home with essentially all the amenities – […]

Thu, June 16, 2016 There was a pavilion diagonally behind the shelter, back right looking out.  I had breakfast there while a light rain fell.  Everyone went about his own business and headed out.  The trail was a path of embedded stones for a while and led to the half-way marker for a trail 8.1 […]

Wed, June 15, 2016 This would be an interesting day.  It started out with a hint of things to come – a challenging obstacle path of dirt-and-rock mix.  Each step had to be carefully negotiated and later it would only be more so.  We would spend most of the day hovering around 2,000′ up on […]

Tue, June 14, 2016 A long, rocky-road section of trail led north from the shelters.  A couple had come down that path the night before and they seemed worn out by their ordeal.  I filled up with water at a piped spring down a trail to the right of the shelters.  Other hikers were doing […]

Mon, June 13, 2016 Another marvelous day “on the trail.”  Breakfast was again in the ornate dining room, this time with a couple ending their weekend away.  Of course, we got acquainted and I learned about their employment and they about my adventure.  They took my email and I heard from them en route.  It […]

Sun, June 12, 2016 A marvelous day “on the trail.”  Breakfast was in the ornate dining room with dark maroon drapes and dark-wood cabinets.  My place was nicely arranged with an inviting fruit dish.  Salt and pepper, sugar, jelly, butter – all neatly arrayed around my place setting.  Margaret offered me a choice as to […]

Sat, June 11, 2016 I was always talking to someone on the trail.  In my head.  I am anyway – no matter where I am or what I’m doing.  If I’m writing a brief, I’m talking to the Judge.  If one of my children is troubled, I’m trying to provide some perspective and help him […]

Fri, June 10, 2016 It would be a 174-picture day, many of civil war monuments and information boards that I would read later back home. Before leaving Ed Garvey Shelter, I noted an old, locked privy and its new replacement which seemed large enough for a wheelchair but with steep stairs up to it.  Farther […]

Thu, June 9, 2016 Today – Harpers Ferry and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) – the psychological midpoint on the trail. We were underway in bright sunlight at 8:20 a.m. when I took a picture of my shadow with my camera in my chest strap. I have a lot of names in AWOL for this […]