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First night out from a town:

Fresh Bell peppers
Yellow Onion
Garlic
Tomato/Basil Marinara
Italian Sausage
Bowtie Pasta
&
Some type of Italian Cheese (Mozz, Prov, Parm)

Funny you should mention that:
Im going to be with Konnarock in early July doing the New River relocation outside P-burg, I'll have some time off afterward (after the 11th) I'll give you a shout....

The weather was so bad the week I was in town (early the week after TD) I didnt stop by and have a beer with you. But I was pretty blow away by Glade Spring.

hey come on fellas, its 1130. Im drinking beer, i dont know about you.
Lone Wolf hope things are well down there in Damascus. I drove thru Glade Spring the last time I was in Damascus...good god,...

I haven't visited this post early on, and now that I'm back, I can't believe it's still here:-?

My old lady recently bought a nice Big Agnes bag and the REI person tried to sell her on the system you're talking about.
Went home and tried the Z-rest , and it worked fine. So I think you'd be...

:D I was going to say Harrisonburg is quite a' ways from Swift Run Gap, almost 40 clicks i think. But nonetheless, a great, yet strange Valley town.



Might as well sign Charlottesville up...

I have recently donated and I am unable to figure out the whole "uploading the custom avatar" thing.

Will someone please point me in the right direction? Much appreciation!

Cookerhiker is right!

PATC has done wonderful things for not just the trail, but people's lives.

I wonder if Moldy has ever had some great times at a PATC cabin..?

I did this hike in 2009--started Oct. 05 at Rockfish Gap and hiked into Damascus on Halloween. Had great weather with some great foliage. Met up with some cool SOBO's first night out and hiked with...

As a proud PATC member, I feel you are exactly right.

They do a good job of maintaining the corridors, and their cabins are great, BUT I feel that they are overlooking this good deed done as some...

weather should be nice up there in June.

as for rain, like anywhere in VA in the summer, expect a chance of lovely afternoon showers or T-storms (that are great for entertainment & cooling things...

Mile 846 is the Glass Hollow Overlook, a dry campsite north of Humpback Rocks.
There is another thread about him that on here, people are buzzing on it saying that the perpetrators called him by...

Wait--two miles south of Waynesboro?

So he was just camped in the woods along the AT?
Or was he camped in Rockfish Gap around all those sketchy dilapidated buildings?

This is sad news for the...

Ive always seen bruins hang out around Lewis Mtn campground & Bearfence Mtn Hut (a heap of trash). From the threads recently posted, it seems as though the bears are getting awful close to people,...

Man, I would never hit the highlands on a weekend.
The worst, and most unforgiving weekenders I have ever encountered on trail.

Was in the highlands for the "soupy" beginning of last week & went back sunday-tuesday.
goodly water flowing at "butt crack rock spring" (fenced in spring in Rhodo Gap). Also, both springs flowing...

Let me preface this by saying that as licensed mental health professional I deal with despondents everyday. I am all too familiar with the suicide dynamic, and the ability of it to rip lives into...

Yeah--last year I passed the place after getting lost on the way back from the Captain's bash, and the lake looked bad with about 15 or 20 feet of water missing. There were guests out & about,...

I drove thru Glade Spring north out of Damascus the day before yesterday, and needless to say, I was SHOCKED at the amount of damage the tornadoes did to this little town. I have never seen tornado...

Fresh garlic, Olive Oil, Parmesan packets, Italian seasoning tossed in any type of pasta (i find that Gnocchi is the most hearty...and heavy)
Easy, cheap, and loaded with calories...

The Old Standby:
-Olive Oil
-Sriacha Sauce
-Mayo packets (Duke's)
-Honey packets

The newest two:
-Goulden's Spicy Mustard (I was jazzed to find these in packet form & FREE)
-Tang mix

The Sporran (Scottish Gaelic for "purse") is a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress. It is a pouch that performs the same function as pockets on the pocketless Scottish kilt.
Made of...