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Chisel Branch to Swains Lock; Distance = 13.9 Miles; People Met = 12 Our morning started off with being hailed from the other side of the canal. Dave Hoerauf looked to be out mending fences around a broad expanse of … Continue reading
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Calico Rocks to Chisel Branch; Distance = 17.7 Miles; People Met = 2 There were only two encounters during the course of this rainy day. One of them was special. Bahram is a taxi driver originally from Iran who walks … Continue reading
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Huckleberry Hill to Calico Rocks; Distance = 15.3 Miles; People Met = 7 Our camp at Huckleberry Hill provided a hauntingly beautiful moment. The peepers were giving an eerie tritonal concert while fireflies made bright exclamations during the night. The … Continue reading
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Antietam Creek to Huckleberry Hill; Distance = 6.7 Miles; People Met = 13 Two nice coincidences happened today. The first occurred at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in Harpers Ferry. We dropped in there to get the New York/New Jersey guidebook … Continue reading
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People Met = 9 We took a rest day in the Harpers Ferry area. Part of the reason was for me to give the sermon at the Christian Community Church of St. Paul’s seven miles south of Harpers Ferry. We’ve … Continue reading
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Hancock to Antietam Creek; Distance = 58 Miles; People Met = 25 We took a rest day in Hancock, hosted by the United Methodist Church there. They have a general policy of accommodating wayward travelers, as Pastor Duane explained to … Continue reading
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Fort Ashby to Old Town, MD; Distance = 12.5 Miles; People Met = 10+ West Virginia kindness continued right up until the end. Having pushed all the way into Fort Ashby to stay with TJ and Josh, we were in … Continue reading
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Scherr to Fort Ashby; Distance = 39.4; People Met = 13 This stretch started out with the unexpected beauty of Greenland Gap and ended with the unexpected kindness of passing motorists inviting us into their home. This further elaborates the … Continue reading
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Red Creek CS to Scherr; Distance = 15.5 Miles; People Met = 6 Our hike out of Red Creek CS was through the last bit of wilderness we will encounter on the ADT. Part of me lamented that fact. We … Continue reading
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Canaan Valley SP to Red Creek CS; Distance = 11.2 Miles; People Met = 6 “The young men and women serving you today are part of a program called Applewood Transitions. It is a program for emerging young adults to … Continue reading
