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10/20/13 Crampton Gap (Gathland State Park) to the ATC in Harper’s Ferry The last section of our backpack started with the “bed & breakfast” treatment at Dirigo and Python’s house in WVA! Coffee of our choice and a leisurely wake up time! Soon we were on our way back to Crampton Gap. The mosh pit […]
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October 19, 2013 Pine Knob Shelter to Crampton Gap Shelter…then to Dirigo & Python’s basement in WVA…but I am getting ahead of myself… From my sleeping bag it seemed like dawn was going to happen at any moment. The forest was actually light enough to see through the trees. V. had just returned to the […]
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10/18/2013 Ensign Cowall Shelter to Pine Knob Shelter It rained off and on all night! So happy I was in the shelter as I kept hearing acorns and small limbs hit the roof of the shelter. The front that had moved in left us with a chilly, damp morning. This was the kind of morning […]
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10/17/2013 PenMar to Ensign Cowall Shelter (10 miles) This was a tough 10 miles! No surprises there…lots of rocks and then there was the climb up Quirauk Mountain to High Rock. Boomerang, Google, V. and myself started off from PenMar at about 10:15. We trekked north about a quarter of a mile to the Mason-Dixon […]
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As a teacher, Septembers are packed solid and there is not much time left over to breathe, let alone get out and hike. But yay! I was getting out on this chilly, cloudy morning and doing something besides grading! besides planning for student learning! besides working on my portfolio! …which by the way quickly became […]
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So a little overlap here on the AT mileage…but picking up where I’d left off on Woodrow Road wasn’t really possible. Woodrow Road is pretty far back on a gravel road. This was a Trail Dame hike and I didn’t want anyone to get lost on the way to the trail head! The day started […]
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I didn’t know for sure when I left the house with Sidekick Pauli where I was going to go. I just knew I was headed to the mountains. Turns out my car followed the well worn road to Catoctin Mountain Park. This is definitely my goto place to find solace. It never disappoints. We started […]
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I wonder if you know what it is like to have your only kid grow up into an amazing person of the world. I could not have dreamed my son, Logan, would be so smart, savvy or sarcastic! …well, the sarcasm kind of comes with the territory… Anyway, Logan is home for a week before […]
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I went out to explore the Bear Branch Nature Center in Carrol County, Maryland. The nature center is part of the bigger Hashawa Environmental Education Center. This was a day in which the temperatures and humidity level had started out rather nice so I was looking forward to good weather as I explored the trails. Boomerang met me […]
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Little Bennett Regional Park has a great trail system for both beginning and more experienced hikers. Some of the trails are restricted to “hiker only”. The majority can also be used for biking and horse riding. Despite this, all of the trails are pretty well maintained by the friends of Little Bennett, http://www.friendsoflittlebennett.org/. Sidekick Pauli and […]
Girl Gone Hiking 