Troll's 2010 AT Journal

26 July 2010, Leroy Smith Shelter
The climb out of Lehigh Gap today was easy. There was however one spot that gave me a scare. I had to go hand over hand for a very short distance. That area had a very steep drop right below it. I held onto the rocks real good needless to say.

Rocks, rocks, rocks. Tomorrow I am out of PA and I also hope I am out of the rocks. The rocks did not start becoming a pain for me until the last two days.

Another issue that ...

Attached Thumbnails

         

         

         

         

25 July 2010, Baker Oven Knob Road
I have been counting my blessings to long I think. The PA rocks were out today until I got past the Allentown Shelter and then they started petering out and the trail turned into the remnants of an old road of some type.

I stopped in at the Allentown Shelter for a break and to refill my water. The guidebooks said the spring was 0.2 from the shelter. I walked to the spring and I can say it is a lot more then 0.2 from the shelter. It is ...

Attached Thumbnails

     

24 July 2010, Windsor Furnace
It was a really hot day today. It was the hottest day on the AT for me so far. You could stand and sweet without moving. I hope this hot streak does not last long.

Coming into Port Clinton there was a very large chunk of coal on display alongside the railroad tracks. The coal was about the size of a Volkswagen bug. I also took a small detour today in Port Clinton and went to check out the pavilion.

When I got to Windsor ...

Attached Thumbnails

         

         

 

23 July 2010, PA 183
I did not see anyone all morning until I got to 501 Shelter. When I got there I ran into Vegan and his Lady who had just gotten a large the pizza they had delivered. I told him with a name like Vegan that it better be a vegan pizza and he said it was. After talking he said he was thru hiking north and his Lady was only out for a week with him.

As I left the shelter and was heading back to the trail a lady was walking to the shelter in a hurry. I ask ...

Attached Thumbnails

         

         

 

22 July 2010, I-81
I had to take a sleeping pill last night because I have been having trouble sleeping and today was going to be another big mile day. I wanted to make sure I was well rested.

The trail was easy hiking all day today. Most of the trail was old resupply roads for the coal mining towns that have long gone away. I wanted to check out Yellow Springs Village which has the ruins of one of those towns but I missed it. I must have blinked or it was all grown over. ...

Attached Thumbnails