I remember following Appalachian Trail blogs for the past two years and right around Virginia the posts seemed to slow to a trickle and then cease all together. That is, until a photo is posted of that person on the summit of Katahdin. As annoying as this was for me, I now totally understand. We got sucked in, it happens. So sorry about that guys! we’re alive and well, just hiking a ton and having a fantastic time. Lucky for us, we have so many friends and family in PA that we’ve had a lot of opportunities to stop and relax and catch up on our journals. So much has happened! We’ve crossed the 1,000 mile marker, we’ve gone over halfway, and we’ve seen a ton of AT landmarks. One of the things I’ve really been wanting to post is our nearly complete list of trail magic we’ve received so far. I don’t know if we got absolutely everybody because we’ve had so much. It’s astounding how many people are supporting us thru hikers and encouraging us along the way. I am so grateful for them and want to find a way to express how much this has helped us.
Trail Magic!
3/13 Gooch Gap
Banana, root beer
Miss Janet
3/15 Neel’s Gap
Krispy Kreme, Reese’s
fellow hiker?
3/16 Hogpen gap:
Yeungling, Kind bars
Nice Floridian couple
3/17 Rocky Mountain
Bag of candy bars
Unknown trail angel
3/19 Dick’s Creek Gap
Hamburgers/Hot Dogs, Apples, Chips
Young Harris College
3/19 Dick’s Creek Gap
Krispy Kreme donuts
Alabama dudes
3/20 Dick’s Creek Gap
Hand warmers and granola bars
Nice ladies
3/23 Moore Creek
Ribeye steak slices
Beast and Skywalker
3/24 Franklin, NC
Shuttle in
Ron Haven
3/24 Franklin, NC
Root Beer
Waiter at diner
3/24 Franklin, NC
Beer
Pox
3/24 Franklin, NC
Free shuttle out
Jeannie
3/25 Wayah Gap
Soda, fruit
Once-a-Day’s dad
3/26 Rocky Peak
Apple
Two lady day hikers
3/30 Stecoah Gap
Soda
Once-a-Day’s dad
4/5 Newfound Gap
Food spread, free shuttle
church group
4/10 Snowbird Mountain
giant food spread and small resupply
Awesome unknown couples from TN
Roan Mountain
van. house. relaxing weekend.
Loretta Pritchard
4/28 Watauga Lake
Mcdonalds and Pringles
Elizabeth
4/29 TN 11 crossing
Fruit, cookies, water, pound cake
Lynn, Bald Eagle’s Wife
4/30 Damascus park
Hot dogs, hamburgers, fruit, salads, sandwiches, veggies
trail town challenge ultra marathon race
5/6 Road crossing
Cookies, soda, water, fruit
Curly (triple crowner)
5/7 Marion
free shuttle, cokes, and truck
Greg McLaughlin (surveyor)
5/9 Lindamood School 1894
hiker box, sodas, fruit, snacks
West End United Methodist church
5/11 Mountain Top Holiness Church (Bland, VA)
soda, Powerade, bananas
Richard
5/11 Bland, VA
hitch
white truck, guy with handlebar mustache
5/15 Damascus, VA
shuttle back from Trail Days to Pearisburg
SOS and Trail Momma
6/9 Low water bridge campground,. VA
Hot dogs and snacks
Camp group proprieters
6/14 Shenandoah NP, VA
Bagels and apples
Nikki Fox
6/15 Skyline Drive
hitches
Shenandoah Firefighters, College Student from Virginia Tech
6/17 Manassas Gap
huge food spread
Raindrop and Whitney
6/25 Shippensburg Rd
Cokes
Day hikers of Carroll county, MD

