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The "road walk" will be down 225 off Peter's Mountain through Dauphin. Its a pretty area, a country road and there is a Hardie's in Dauphin. I plan to stay at the Days Inn on the North side of...

Looks like I will be behind you! I leave HF on Monday 5/21 heading for Harrisburg. I watch for your register entries! Have fun.

Will do. I will also try to keep trail journals up to date.

http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=11779

I arrive by Amtrak in Harper's Sunday, May 20, staying at Teahorse Hostel overnight, heading north on Monday.

Plan easy pace, side trails a possibility, want to enjoy the trip. Road walk planned...

You can get off the Amtrak "Vermonter" in White River Junction and it is not too bad getting to Hanover from there.

I am going to hike Harpers to PA in July or August of this year. Will do around a 10 miles per day pace, high of 14 low 7. Using AMTRAK for access, Harpers Ferry Station to Harrisburg Station....

Thanks All, looks like it is a workable plan but I may move it up to July in hopes that the water is a bit more available.

I am working up plans for a section hike from Harpers to Waynesboro, PA in August.

Anybody familiar with this part of the trail that time of year?

Thanks in Advance

I am sorry for your loss.

It would be hard to explain to my daughters but if I have a choice, that is how I'll go.

He will walk with all of us for a while to come.

I hope comfort comes to...

.....There is a regional RG held every year in Feb in the National Forest of Ocala, FL. The busiest time tends to be right around V-day.. http://welcomehere.org/forum.php

We used the Katadyn Base Camp Filter for a Philmont trek last summer. There is a simple "cover" material for the filter core that is easy to rinse off. It was nice to hang a bag of water when setting...

Some very interesting hiking. I was on the western end last summer. Some areas poorly marked, others great. Check out the FOOT webs site. They do a pretty good job keeing it up to date....

Any North Texas hiker interesting in a little cool weather backpacking? I am heading up to the Cross Timbers trail on Texoma in late January or Early February. Want to hike?

This is a tougher...

These folks have several types

http://www.coldmountainmiso.com/coldmount.html

I have stayed in this shelter in the spring and summer. The mice were not too active in the spring. In the summer (july), I had the shelter to myself and had no problem with mice at all.

Critters...

Thats 2 of 3 from that load that have disappered. I will check your address with you tomorrow or saturday and ship out another box on monday.:(

Let me know if you don't get it today or tomorrow and I'll start another package headed in your direction.

Yep, I have been across that border many time. In fact I expect to go up to "my" section...

As far as I can tell, everyone that wanted some of this nylon has had a package shipped.

I sent out 10 and 12 yard orders today.

I still have plenty but I am on my last roll.

I hope...

Several people buying this fabric have mentioned building tarps. This link is to a tarp page with real good information. Make sure to look at the PDF file in the middle of the page.
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We got hit by a pretty wild hail storm in the wee hours last April. If you tent, site selection behind the should be done with care. One guy with a tarp and no bivy ended up getting blasted pretty...

Thanks Gail but we are even! :D

Greetings All -

The ice storm has kept me off the roads since the end of last week. I did ship 55 yards today!

These zip codes were shipped USPS Priority:
38016, 72703, 45103

I Science...

The Horse-shoe trail is pretty interesting but not too rocky. Starts at Valley Forge and connects with the AT. MANY years ago we used it as a training hike for Philmont.

http://hstrail.org/
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I bunpoed into this and was curious what you think.

"The tiny little Pak-Lite LED flashlight lit the way on a 2,600 mile Pacific Crest Trail trek on one bulb and battery! Its compact, lightweight...

Greetings All -

Sorry I have not gotten back to you sooner. Busy week.

I got out 5 lots last week. They went out priority on the 9th. I will cut and send the last batch this weekend. They will...