HB, I usually start at about 1-1/2 lbs per day. After a while you will need 2 lbs per day.
HB, I usually start at about 1-1/2 lbs per day. After a while you will need 2 lbs per day.
I just wanted to say that there are a lot of people in Harpers Ferry and especially at ATC who are really excited about the Flip Flop Kick Off and the prospect of meeting you all in the next day or two!
Woohoo!!
Happy travels flippers and floppers!! See you all soon!
I will not make it in until Saturday mid day to early afternoon. See you all then. Looking forward to it.
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Handed in my last paper, vaccuumed my room and handed my landlord the key. Everything's in storage. Only thing left is to get a few bagels. I'm planning on being in HF to be at the pack shakedown talk/workshop.
The optional 6 pm Saturday meet-up for drinks at the Anvil has changed as the restaurant is now closed for the weekend due to a death in the owner's family.
As an alternative, we'll now meet on The Canal House Patio, same day and time. Bring your own beer or wine (available nearby). There is a $5 corkage fee per bottle of wine or 6-pack of beer/coolers. I looked for other alternatives but you would have to buy your beverage on-premises at about $5 per drink, minimum. After socializing you can eat at the Canal House or other places.
As before, I'll be glad to provide other options Saturday morning,
Best,
Will
Hanging at the House with treehugger, T-Rex, squeezebox, scout, and others. Sharing some wine! Awesome evening in HF!
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AKA "DANGER" AT Thru-Hiker Class of 2015
Cool! I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. See you guys tomorrow around 10ish
Here's the scoop on the upcoming Flip Flop Kick Off breakfasts:
Saturday - 9:00 a.m.
What: Meet-and-greet with ATC executive director Ron Tipton (GA-ME '78)
Who: Class of 2015 flip-floppers
Why: Get to talk with one of the leaders of the A.T., allow him to get to meet this first-ever Class of Flip-Floppers that ATC is promoting
Where: Appalachian Trail Conservancy Conference Room
Offerings:
Donuts
Bagels &cream cheese
Coffee
Sunday - 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m
What: Community Pancake Breakfast
Who: Anyone
Why: Great food, meet members of the community
Where: Camp Hill Methodist Church, 601 Washington St., 1 1/2 blocks east of ATC
Offerings:
Flapjacks (aka pancakes) with butter and syrup
Pork Bacon
Turkey Bacon
Veggie Sausage
Chopped mixed fruit
Regular Coffee
Decaf Coffee
Tea bags for hot tea
Orange juice
$5 suggested donation, flip-floppers eat free
Important note: Please enter via the side door into the Fellowship Hall (east of front entrance).
Arrived in HF yesterday. Did the walk about, met Laurie P and other ATC staffers( awesome folks). Chilled with Danger, TreeHugger, humminbard,Squeezebox, Scout and others. Good people, fun evening! Ready for the kick off today. Let's get this journey started!
Wow! What a day!! Totally exhausted but in a good way. Talked to so many cool people today! Learned a lot from those I sat still long enough to listen to and soaked in some great atmosphere too!! The workshops were really good and a couple people even listened in on my nonsense. Thanks for that! Tomorrow the gang hits the trail. No looking back!! Laurie and the ATC staff have made us flippers feel special. Now it's our turn to prove them right!! Good luck to us all!
All the best to the 2015 FlipFloppers starting out today. May you encounter fair trails and following winds, great fellowship and memorable adventures. God bless you all.
Trillium
Wow--what a great bunch of people! It was so wonderful meeting you all this past weekend and put faces with names! It was awesome getting to talk to some of you, and I wish I had been able to get know you all better. Hopefully I will get to meet all of you again later this summer, either here in Harpers Ferry or somewhere along the Trail!
This thread has been suddenly deserted! Anyone else heading to HF next weekend? I got my travel arrangements finalized and this is definitely happening
Resting @ the Allenberry in BS resting up. Hope y'all had fun last weekend & hope to meet some of you once you catch us.
So...essentially we are hiking the 2nd half of a NOBO, then flipping around and hiking the 2nd half of a SOBO...
Guess that means we are a bunch of Flippin' BOBO'S. :-)
Yeah, we don't know if we're coming or going.
SNoBo's???
Nah. I think BoBo is best.
"Which direction did you hike, North or South?"
"Both. I'm a BoBo."
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