The Doyle

[mweinstone]

i like the doyal a lot.

[mweinstone]

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[Panzer1]

maybe. bottle beer wasn't. i don't drink draft, especially that overrated yingling schwag

Well, maybe it is overrated but its still pretty dam good.

Panzer

[double d]

the experience 25 years ago was better

Everything I've heard about the Doyle is that it truly is a great AT experience. Lone Wolf, you sound like one of those guys living in the past.

[Nasty Dog Virus]

The Doyle is a great place to get a hot shower, cold beer, & good food. Pat & Vicky have been the best thing for that place since they bought it (8yrs ago, i think?).

[Lone Wolf]

Everything I've heard about the Doyle is that it truly is a great AT experience. Lone Wolf, you sound like one of those guys living in the past.

the doyle is just a bar

[CowHead]

anyone know if there is public transportion from the Doyle to Harrisburg? Hiking there next week and want to to take the train back to Baltimore.
Thanks

[the goat]

anyone know if there is public transportion from the Doyle to Harrisburg? Hiking there next week and want to to take the train back to Baltimore.
Thanks

i've hitched to harrisburg from the doyal before; wasn't that hard.

[Yahtzee]

the doyle is just a bar

Just not so. Can't play down everything, LW. The Grand Canyon is not just a canyon and the Doyle is not "just a bar". And as a practical matter, it also rents out rooms. So it is, in fact, and in practice more than just a bar.

[Pootz]

Just not so. Can't play down everything, LW. The Grand Canyon is not just a canyon and the Doyle is not "just a bar". And as a practical matter, it also rents out rooms. So it is, in fact, and in practice more than just a bar.

The town of Duncannon and the Doyle made for one of my favorite town visits during my thru hike. In many towns you spend your so called 0 day walking from place to place all over town to get everything done in preparation for your return to the trail. In duncannon You can get all town chores done with out ever walking more than a block or 2. This is in part due to Pat and Vicky arranging for the grocery store to come right to the doyle and pick you up. And what could be better than walking right past the liquor store on the way to town. I only wish more trail towns were this convenient. I try to stop by the doyle every time I am in that area, and I cant help driving from end to end on the AT through town. I can not forget to mention that Vicky loves hikers and does everything she can to help hikers with anything they need. The Doyle is more than just a bar and duncannon is more than just another trail town.

[mrc237]

The town of Duncannon and the Doyle made for one of my favorite town visits during my thru hike. In many towns you spend your so called 0 day walking from place to place all over town to get everything done in preparation for your return to the trail. In duncannon You can get all town chores done with out ever walking more than a block or 2. This is in part due to Pat and Vicky arranging for the grocery store to come right to the doyle and pick you up. And what could be better than walking right past the liquor store on the way to town. I only wish more trail towns were this convenient. I try to stop by the doyle every time I am in that area, and I cant help driving from end to end on the AT through town. I can not forget to mention that Vicky loves hikers and does everything she can to help hikers with anything they need. The Doyle is more than just a bar and duncannon is more than just another trail town.

And TA Mary is there as well!

[Lone Wolf]

Just not so. Can't play down everything, LW. The Grand Canyon is not just a canyon and the Doyle is not "just a bar". And as a practical matter, it also rents out rooms. So it is, in fact, and in practice more than just a bar.

just a bar to me

[hellomolly]

One thruhiker this year described the Doyle as a "spectacular dump." I thought it was very fitting! The rooms are terrible, the bathroom's a mess, the food is fantastic and the people are great. Sounds about right to me, lol

[Blissful]

The rooms are cheap. Get what you pay for. And for a hiker, its nice.

[Yahtzee]

Not sure where the "dump" part comes from. Reputation, I guess. But if you can step away from all the talk, it is a beautiful building. Yes, the bathroom is merely functional, but what else do you need from a bathroom. As for the rooms, I have never stayed at the Doyle when the room hasn't been clean or the bed hasn't been made. Methinks the whole reputation thing precedes it. It is a great great building, a fine bar and hotel that gets better with each passing year. Add to that Pat and Vicki and you have got an institution.

[the goat]

Not sure where the "dump" part comes from. Reputation, I guess. But if you can step away from all the talk, it is a beautiful building. Yes, the bathroom is merely functional, but what else do you need from a bathroom. As for the rooms, I have never stayed at the Doyle when the room hasn't been clean or the bed hasn't been made. Methinks the whole reputation thing precedes it. It is a great great building, a fine bar and hotel that gets better with each passing year. Add to that Pat and Vicki and you have got an institution.

well said! i thought the place was great a decade ago; and look at how far it's come since then!
pat & vicki have done so much with so little, it's truly amazing.

[hellomolly]

Not sure where the "dump" part comes from. Reputation, I guess. But if you can step away from all the talk, it is a beautiful building. Yes, the bathroom is merely functional, but what else do you need from a bathroom. As for the rooms, I have never stayed at the Doyle when the room hasn't been clean or the bed hasn't been made. Methinks the whole reputation thing precedes it. It is a great great building, a fine bar and hotel that gets better with each passing year. Add to that Pat and Vicki and you have got an institution.

The dump part probably comes from how it's generally kinda dirty and run down in the rooms. You must have had a good experience because when I stayed there, there was dirt all over the floor and the floor in the bathroom was wet and rotting.

I'm not saying this to insult the place - it was just my experience, factually. I enjoyed my time there a lot. Had a bed and a shower and some GREAT food from very nice people. And the balcony porch thing is great to hang out on. Blissful is right - you get what you pay for. It's cheap and functional. That's it.

[Speer Carrier]

I stayed there on May 31st of this year. I thought the bar was great, the food fantastic, the owners first rate, the company in the bar delightful, and the room I stayed in was clean, as was the bed. Granted, no air conditioning but still better than any shelter I've ever seen. I saw nothing wrong with the bathrooms. I mean the toilet worked, the shower had plenty of hot water, and there was even a scale. The laundry facility was one flight up.

What's not to like?

[BigFoot2002]

I've stayed at the Doyle at least a dozen times. None of the rooms I stayed in had anything new in them, but none of them were dirty. Martha Stewart types will enjoy other places more. I look forward to my next visit to this historic stop on the AT.

[Pootz]

Sorry for not mentioning Trail Angle Mary in my post. I have not run into her in Duncannon, but have witnessed her great work.

I think it is hard for anyone that has not thru hiked or encountered these places on long section hikes, to really appreciate places like the Doyle and trail towns in general.

This post has me thinking about jumping on the bike and heading to the Doyle.