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Finally! Snacktime, Strife and I are heading out for round #2. Thanks one and all for the info and advise on the trail, shelters and sights of CT. We'll be putting it all to good use!

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Gator goes over the Virginia itinerary, starting with the south and central areas. As always, I welcome your advice and suggestions.

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If you are not into politics, please move past this video. I do not post this to offend anyone, just simply give another MOTIVATION for my walk…FREEDOM….2,200 miles just because we CAN and are FREE to do so. If this video causes you to no longer follow our journey, I apologize, but I believe in keeping it 100% real at all times. http://www.trailjournals.com/kingjbandsons/ http://new2thewildjb@gmail.com/https://www.facebook.com/NewToTheWildhttps://www.youtube.com/New2theWildhttps://twitter.com/New2TheWildhttps://sites.google.com/site/new2thewildjb/http://new2thewildjb.blogspot.com/http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/memb...Gator-and-Sonshttp://www.gofundme.com/new2thewildhttp://www.tumblr.com/blog/new2thewildWanna Donate and Help Out the Journey?https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...f793ea33988004 is the link to use or you can go to our GoFundMe account below…http://www.gofundme.com/new2thewild

One problem with doing all 2100 miles of the A.T. via day trips and section hikes is that it is easy to miss a few miles here and there. If the trail consists of points A-B-C-D, and hiking is easy to arrange between points A & B and between points C & D, then it is almost inevitable that the miles between point B & C will be forgotten. That is what I found for the 21.5 miles between the Warwick Turnpike near Wawayanda State Park and Highway 17 near Southfields. The latter was where I got to during my hike of 2011 July
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/entr...on-of-insanity
and the former was where Shuttle dropped me off during a few day-hikes between there and High Point State Park. Doing that amount of mileage can be done either by (1) two days of day hikes, with Shuttle dropping me off and picking me up each day, (2) innumerable day hikes of my driving there, hiking up to some point and then doubling back, (3) hiking between two spots where mass transit is easily used, or (4) some combo of these. (1) is difficult to arrange during the school year, and (2) would be hard to do at about five miles per visit.

Which means option (3). I've used the commuter train from Harriman Station along Highway 17 before, but it requires arrival at the station before 4 pm -- that's the latest one can ride the train all the way into Philly. Since the last part of the hike involves coming down "Agony Grind," I had a feeling I should give myself a lot more flexibility on arrival times. A little bit of searching found that I could instead use the Coach USA bus from Southfields,
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/entr...Transportation
which has a bus leaving for the NY Port Authority Bus Terminal as late as 9:43 pm. Would I want to arrive in NYC at 11 pm, meaning I would not get back to Philly till the middle of the night? No -- but it's nice to know I COULD if I was severely delayed on my hike down to Southfields.

Further digging allowed to find I could ride a NJTransit Bus to Greenwood Lake (GWL)
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...t=#post1471036
making for a 15 miles hike between the top of the Village Vista Trail (VVT) to Highway 17. The rest of the mileage, I figured, could be handled by two "hike up and hike back" treks.

The latter two hikes were relatively easy. I did the first as a kind of "scoping out" the town of GWL; followed by a hike up the VVT, then south to Prospect Rock, and finally return to GWL. The second part was completed yesterday: a hike from Warwick Turnpike, north to and past the NY-NJ State Line (getting my obligatory photo), then to Prospect Rock, and finally return. For both trips, I chose days with almost ideal hiking conditions: cool, clear days with sunshine and a light breeze. No surprise, I got some pretty nice views on both days.

The two-day, one night hike between the VVT and Highway 17 SHOULD have been just as easy, even if it meant coming down Agony Grind. Because cheap bus tickets between Philly and NYC must be bought seven days in advance, I couldn't just wait till the last minute to make my trip. However, I figured I could check the ten-day forecast for GWL and know when I could get two consecutive days of clear weather. It was on that basis that I chose May 7 and 8 for this trip -- good weather was predicted for both days.

As the days got closer, the weather forecasts for May 8 became wetter and wetter. Unfortunately, because the cheapest Greyhound tickets are unchangeable (that's why you can get them for $10 each way), I had little choice but to make the trek on those days. I figured that I needed to learn how to handle hiking in the rain eventually, as waiting for two weeks (I'll eventually make hikes of that length) of cool temps but no rain was going to be a bit unrealistic. Also, I concluded that a two-day hike would be ideal for such a predicament, as it would be over after one bad day. So I decided to go.

This was my also first trip since I got my smart phone (NOTE: for those who hate hearing people talking about electronic gear, or even gear in general, please skip this paragraph). The ONLY reason I got even a cell phone was to contact Shuttle each day on the Trail, lest she worry about me. The original cell phone could not hold a charge after only one two or three phone calls, so I knew I had to get something new. I also wanted a combo cell phone and camera, simply because I didn't want the weight of a camera around my neck. My choice was the Droid Razr M, which not only had this combo, but could go a long time between recharging. I should mention that I long ago chose Verizon as my carrier simply because they are known for having "bars" even in remote locations. Thus, I am learning how many useful things I can do with this relatively small and simple piece of equipment: store maps (in jpg format) and trail notes (in text) from books; gets news, weather, sports, and finance reports at (just about) any time; have music and books (in Kindle format) available at any time; show off photos I've taken many years ago; find businesses in trail towns or at road junctions; and get located on the Trail to within a few meters. The latter is particularly nice for sending progress notes back to Shuttle -- I can rapidly e-mail my location (she can look it up on an online map) and add a few words of update. This works it a lot better than leaving a phone message along the lines of, "I just passed Highway 100, which is also known as Hog Creek Road, and is fairly close to I-78." I hate to admit it, but I love using all these features -- and my apologies in advance to all the people who'll have to endure (and already have) my doing so.

The trip to NYPA Terminal went fine, as did locating an outlet for my smart-phone near a wi-fi hotspot. For the curious, this is in the corner next to the bowling alley. I intentionally had nothing to drink while there, as I knew I would be on a NJTransit bus for over 90 minutes with no chance for a bathroom break. Again, I got to GWL with no problem, walked up the VVT to the Trail, and headed north. Got to the Wildcat Shelter well before dark, and had my first problem (sort of): there were six other people hoping to sleep there this night. This early in the year, I thought the place would be near-empty, but I was wrong. Yes, the guide says that this shelter will sleep eight, but getting even seven under the roof was problematic. We just re-arranged ourselves as best we could, and somehow got us all to fit. As usual, my first day(s) left with no appetite or hunger, so I had almost nothing to eat during the entire two days.

Since the Shortline Bus I wanted to catch at Southfields arrives there at 6:16 pm, I decided I need to leave Wildcat Shelter as early as possible. This means at 6 am, meaning waking at 5 am. Amazingly, I awoke at 4:52 and had little trouble getting ready to go. Almost as soon as I left, and just as predicted, it began to rain -- and it never really stopped the rest of the day. Since I knew this would most likely happen, I was ready with my Goretex{R} jacket, wool sweater, wool socks, and water resistant boots. Yet, despite all this readiness, I kept getting wet -- worst of all, within my boots. It only took a couple of hours before my socks were soaked, and I could hear the sloshing of the water at every step. Blisters? No -- I long ago learned to use inner sock liners under my main socks. But it wasn't terribly comfortable to feel water "gooshing" around in my boots with every step. Normally when I get wet clothes, I stop at the first granite bald, and use the sun to dry them out. As the rain never really and the sun never came out, this was not an option. I just for a small break in the rain, and wrung out the water as best I could. This never really made much difference -- each time, in less than an hour, the socks were as wet as before.

Rain not only soaks your socks, it makes dirt on the trail into mushy mud, and rocks to become far more slippery. Because of that, my speed, particularly while on climbing on rocks, went down quite a bit. Amazingly, I only slipped once, and then suffered more hurt to my pride (I was specifically trying to be extra careful) than to my body. Not having poles didn't help, but I will soon replace the bargain-basement ones I broke last year.

My topo map showed a significant elevation drop just before the Trail got to Highway 17, and the area had the name "Agony Grind." Thus, I can't say I was unprepared for going down this part of the Trail.
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/show...earchid=223095

Being prepared, however, doesn't make it much easier to go down this area while water is still coming down (it was just mist by this point). I gave absolute priority to safety over speed, making me glad I left at just after the crack of dawn. Somehow I managed to get down without major incident, and felt a true sense of accomplishment at getting through what (I suppose) is one of the toughest parts of the Trail below the Whites.

The 1.6 miles walk to Southfields led to a abandoned, grey store where I waited for the Shortline Bus, trying to get into some halfway dry clothes while under an awning. Once again, I had to force myself to eat something for lunch / dinner, and was too tired to walk to the Valero for anything to warm up with. Despite the paranoia I noted in my link above, the bus came by just fifteen minutes late, and got me to the NYPA Terminal in a much relaxed state. Greyhound and Septa easily got me to Upper Darby, and Shuttle got me home. I felt as if I'd passed a major test.

Preaty excited! only 3 weeks now till Kataden. Got all my gear. finishing up home activities. defenetly excited!

Im up and out May 18th , WV,MD,PA to Maine/ .
Starting anywhere between Harpersferry and Mount Holly Springs. ( south mountain area)
Have yet to decide on my drop off location... otherwise Im squared away, beisde the fact my guidebook is a outdated.
..
(gave away last years ATC guide book to a German thru hiker I met who had somehow lost his..)

I think im just going to go hard, stay away from the money pit hostles, to many bad experiances.
In the past, At times, I felt If I was getting nickle and dime to death by a few of them . Thats goes for the same
with shuttle services. Seems to me more people every year are trying to capitalize on the AT hikers. Vast number of them, probaly never hiked past
there own backyards. ..
....
while on this rant.. . Its it me or has anybody else notice that whiteblaze sure does have a lot of "know it all - one uppers" .
I dont think these guys could rub two stick together and make fire if thier life depending on it.

Robugly.



taken from the shelter (Built during WW2) on top of Grandfather Mountain, NC.
I recommend if you have not been there. Get off the AT and hike it.
There is also a old cesna plane crash up there on the east side , scout trail.
Its pretty awesome.

Originally Posted by Rock Lobster

I hiked SOBO, my best friend hiked NOBO. Both of us, for at least part of the hike, walked with the other and went the "wrong way." Our combined experience:

NOBO: Many more people, much more social. Many trail services are geared toward NOBOs, you'll see more trail magic, and you'll hit all the trail festivals if you want to. You start easier (many will say Georgia is hard; it isn't, relatively speaking). You hike with slightly warmer weather (assuming you don't start early, as many do). You walk toward a big, magnificent mountain to end on, and will probably finish with several long-term friends. Downsides: everything, everything is crowded early on. You will find 50 people at a shelter. This can be fun, but for some is a pain, especially every night. There will be more temptation to stay in towns. People will drop out in bunches as they hike with a group and one person calls it quits, which can make it easier to quit yourself.

SOBO: Solitude is yours, if you want it. Approximately 300 start SOBO and 50 or so finish. You can also hike with a group if you choose (I did for a while) so don't skip it just for that reason. There will almost always be space in hostels, campsites, and shelters, and you will get to know those who run them better because they have time to sit down and chat. There is less peer pressure either way, so your decisions are yours alone. Hiking with fewer people can result in stronger bonds with those few - like a marriage, you tend to get over the little stuff instead of just joining another group, because there isn't one. Downsides: stuff closes - hostels, restaurants, shuttle buses, etc may not be there when you are. You will probably hike in the cold and get snowed on at some point. Loneliness can be a drag over time, even if you do enjoy solitude - after a week without a substantial conversation with anyone, I was really tired of solitude.

Hope it helps.

FWIW, both my friend and I agree that our way is the best :) He is more of an extrovert, and I'm more of an introvert, so we both chose the direction more suited to our personalities. I'm sure you'll have a great experience either way.

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