EG-Series: AT 2017 July

Plan On TUE, June 20 I ordered the AT topo map from Carlo Mountain to Pleasure Pond in Maine.  This is a less traveled portion of Appalachian Trail (AT).  From that point, the balance tipped toward going to AT instead of Bog Dam Road (BDR) for my July mini-vacation.  Map […]

Night in camp Cold Sun – elevation 942 m. 05:56 – record-early wake up. That is what usually happens – on the last morning in the wild you always wake up very early.  And yes, this morning I am looking forwards for a change of scenery. This was a very […]

I slept very well on my tent platform in a hammock and woke up around 7 AM.   I folded all my things without ever leaving the platform.  I had plenty of filtered water from yesterday for drinking and cleaning.   08:26 I made more pictures on platform, but hammock was […]

This is it!  I am a regular at “AT” crowd now. After 5AM – wake up very early as youngsters around me must get their early start. 06:48 -trip around the shelter environs with a camera.  Shelter was built in 1974 – 43 years ago, but it is still younger […]

07:11 -wake up and plan the folding sequence of wet tarps.  I need to fold everything so that all dry stuff will remain dry and all wet covers will loose as much water and possible.   No breakfast, as usual.  Just stand up and go.   Map of the first […]

04:36 AM  wake up in Boston without an alarm Everything is ready, so I only had to do these things: – print latest weather forecast.   It will be mostly warm and rain will bother me only today and tomorrow! – what gas stations are open at 5 AM? Wow! There […]