Category Archives: Journeys

Days 324–326 – 4/12-14/12 – Civil War

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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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Days 321-323 – 4/9-11/12 – C&O Towpath

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Old Town to Hancock; Distance = 42 Miles; People Met = 2 Here we are in Maryland, a heavily populated eastern state, and in three days we’ve met two people.  Part of the reason is being on a bike trail, … Continue reading

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Day 320 – 4/8/12 – Happy Easter!

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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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Days 318-319 – 4/6-7/12 – Knobley Road

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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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Day 317 – 4/5/12 – Looming Kindness

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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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Day 316 – 4/4/12 – Dolly Sods

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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

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Days 314-315 – 3/2-3/12 – Blackwater River (added content)

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Parsons to Canaan Valley State Park; Distance = 25 Miles; People Met = 13 As we were leaving Parsons we noticed that there was a bike trail that connected to Hendricks.  If that was in existence when the American Discovery … Continue reading

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Days 311-313 – 3/30/12-4/1/12 – Packing Kindness (added content)

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Grafton to Parsons; Distance = 45 Miles; People Met = 37 On this stretch the kindness started when John Jagy and Gary Skidmore stopped to chat with us.  They were returning from playing golf at the Tygart Lake public course.  … Continue reading

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Days 308-310 – 3/27-29/12 – New Developments (much content)

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Middleville to Grafton; Distance = 10 Miles; People Met = With less than two months to go, lots of things are happening all at once.  I write this from the home of Gwen Jones and Ted McMahon.  Gwen, like Mike … Continue reading

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Day 307 – 3/26/12 – An Eventful Day

Clarksburg to Middleville; Distance = 10 Miles; People Met = 14+ I started the day out concerned about my left foot, but everything got better from there.  I’ve captured the day in this podcast.

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