Bobby & Poot, at mile 1655 of the American Discovery Trail Then our ADT turn-by-turn told us to follow the levees into E. St. Louis. So that’s just what we did. Now, we were warned of the dangers that lurk…
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A good PCT read
by tmangan • April 21, 2006 • 0 Comments
Most trail journalers are far better hikers than writers, which means a fair amount of tedium trolling for bits of Trail Journal entries that seem postworthy. One correspondent whose prose stands out from the rest is Funnybone, who’s already been…
Trail Journals post of the day
by tmangan • April 7, 2006 • 1 Comment
From Bugs, 338.70 miles up the Appalachian Trail: It is early afternoon, and I am still at Miss Janet’s house. I have decided, at the urging of all, to embrace the whimsy of the trail a bit. In other words,…
AT thru-hikers getting their feet wet
by tmangan • March 30, 2006 • 0 Comments
It’s that time of the year to start hiking the Appalachian Trail, and Trailjournals.com is starting to amass a fair number of posts from intrepid trekkers. A few samplings: Frosty, at 62.9 miles in: I blew up my pillow and…
A thruhiker’s tale
by tmangan • January 14, 2006 • 4 Comments
I’ve been thinking about picking a hiker at random at TrailJournals and just following him/her along as the trip progresses, with posts here grabbing snippets of journal entries. This morning I found an intriguing prospect: A guy named Eric Yakel,…