Mexico to Canada on the CDT
I spent the afternoon making Kitty a cardboard AT shelter, because I am a…
Published on May 19, 2016
A capstone
Published on February 21, 2016
Summit
Published on September 23, 2015
Knock and Scout at the summit. (September 15, 2015)
Knife’s Edge. We didn’t get to hike this today, but I’d love to come back and…
Team Pie album cover photo at Thoreau Spring. (September 15, 2015)
The summit is within sight. (September 15, 2015)
Voldermort and Burnout climbing above the clouds on Katadhin. (September 15,…
Team Pie takes a snack break before the final push up Katahdin. (September 15,…
Mountains that aren’t Katahdin in Baxter State Park. (September 15, 2015)
Burnout makes incredible faces when he eats. (September 14, 2015)
It’s happening. (September 14, 2015)
My one real effort at doing a long exposure of the night sky. Knock and Scout…
Knock and and Mount Katahdin. (September 12, 2015)
Our first good view of Mount Katahdin, from Pemadumcook Lake. (September 12,…
Everybody trying to stay warm in a cold rainy day while we wait for a food drop…
Gray skies and beautiful views from White Cap Mountain. (September 10, 2015)
Rusty lights his particularly epic campfire. (September 8, 2015)
Pretty accurate description of the 100 mile wilderness. (September 8, 2015)
Celebrating Smoke Breaks birthday while we do our AT fantasy football draft in…
Our first fording in Maine! The water was pretty low this year though, so none…
Scout tries to figure out “where are we on this terrible map”. (September 6,…
My improved solution to losing my lens cap - make one with a plastic cup,…
Published on September 9, 2015
Easily one of my favorite memories on the trail - we went down a steep side…
Knock and Scout at Flagstaff Lake. (September 2, 2015)
Scout on top of Mount Bigelow. (September 2, 2015)
Published on September 8, 2015
Bigelow portraits, courtesy of Scout! (September 2, 2015)
Zen fishing with an improvised reel in Horn Pond. (September 2, 2015)
We live in the woods - of course we eat hot dogs sometimes. (September 1, 2015)
Maine has lots of beautiful waterfalls. (August 30, 2015)
Bees love climbing mountains and sitting on my jacket. (August 29, 2015)
It’s like I always say - you can only selfie yourself. With Knock and Smoke…
Published on September 7, 2015
Moose tracks! But still no moose sightings… (August 28, 2015)
Sunset near Sabbath Day Pond Lean-to. (August 27, 2015)
Where the AT crosses Maine 17. The scenery in this state is incredible. (August…
A tree chicken (aka a ruffed grouse) hopped into a tree right in front of us…
Hikers hanging out at the hostel in Andover, Maine. (August 25, 2015)
Knock conquers Baldpate. (August 23, 2013)
Published on September 6, 2015
Knock navigates the slippery rocks of Baldpate. It’s largely above treeline and…
Mahoosuc Notch is either the hardest or most fun mile of the trail, depending…
Knock and Scout are the only people I actually HIKE with so they get a lot of…
Scout is a happy hiker. (August 22, 2015)
The Maine ATC is much better about putting rebar in tricky parts of the trail.…
Maine!!! (August 21, 2015)
Published on September 5, 2015
Goose Eye Mountain west peak - a beautiful introduction to Maine! (August 22,…
Knock in the last miles of New Hampshire. (August 21, 2015)
Someone marked 1900 miles on the trail with moose poop. There is a LOT of moose…
Scout on Cascade Mountain, NH. (August 20, 2015)
Knock climbing down the rock pile that is the north side of Mount Madison.…
Published on August 25, 2015
Sunrise from Madison Hut. (August 14, 2015)
A break in the clouds let us get an incredible view as we came down from Mount…
The clouds were thick as we climbed Mount Washington. Structures popped out…
Lake of the Clouds Hut. (August 13, 2015)
Singage as you leave Lake of the Clouds Hut for Mount Washington. (August 13,…
Published on August 24, 2015
As we crossed the presidential range, we had thick fog covering most of our…
Honeybuns trying to find where the trail goes in alpine fog. (August 13, 2015)
Wildflowers in the sunrise by Mitzvah Hut. (August 13, 2015)
A day hikers dog looks out from Webster Cliffs. He took a bit of guidance to…
Berries growing on the Webster Cliffs. (August 12, 2015)
Knock climbing, literally, up Webster Cliffs. (August 12, 2015)
Published on August 23, 2015
Team Pie (now with Smoke Break, in the awesome shorts) and Machine (green…
Knock on Mount Lafayette. (August 5, 2015)
One of the weirder things about the White Mountains is that you see a lot of…
Franconia Ridge. (August 5, 2015)
Gary on top of South Kinsman. Not pictured: the storm clouds that are about to…
Scout near the peak of South Kinsman. (August 3, 2015)
Published on August 22, 2015
Climbing tall things in the White Mountains often means steep rock steps if you…
Gary learning that if there is a tall thing near by, we will have to climb it.…
And of course, the White Mountains are home to some wetlands too. Of course.…
For some reason I was under the impression that the Whites wouldn’t be as muddy…
Gary came up from DC to hike with us for a week! His brother John (on the…
On top of Mount Moosilauke, our first experience above the tree line. (August…
Published on August 21, 2015
Officially in the White Mountains! Scout takes a break on Beaver Brook Trail…
Whoever told us the northern states are less hospitable was very wrong. We ran…
Knock somewhere in New Hampshire. (August 1, 2015)
Western New Hampshire. (July 31, 2015)
Baby snake, you aren’t scaring anyone. (July 31, 2015)
New Hampshires trail reputation is harsh, unforgiving terrain. We aren’t even…
Published on August 20, 2015
412 miles left. (July 31, 2015)
Bill Ackerly lives right along the trail in New Hampshire, and let’s hikers…
A miniature shelter somebody made along the trail - see the bed of pine needles…
Bear track in the New Hampshire mud. (July 31, 2015)
Everyone on Team Pie is really excited about crossing into New Hampshire. (July…
A bald eagle perched next to the White River in West Hartford, VT. (July 29,…
Published on August 19, 2015
Wild flowers and blue skies in Vermont. (July 28, 2015)
When in doubt, the AT always goes up. (July 28, 2015)
Team Pie eats all the pie at a country store in Vermont. (July 28, 2015)
“The Lookout”, a privately owned cabin on a mountaintop just off the AT that…
Scout surveying a disc golf hole in Killington, Vermont. (July 26, 2015)
We found a trail magic cooler that was empty, except for ice and two kale…
Published on August 18, 2015
Team Pie eating dinner at Cooper Lodge Shelter in Vermont. (July 25, 2015)
Scout looking out from Mount Killington, Vermont. (July 25, 2015)
1844 down, 500 to go. (July 25, 2015)
Knock bought a collared fishing shirt at a thrift store and became a bro. (July…
Scout picks up a baby frog. Most of them hopping around the trail are smaller…
Published on August 17, 2015
Knock overlooking the airport in Rutland, Vermont. (July 24, 2015)
Some days, actually hiking is less tempting than the alternatives. We’re at the…
Published on August 2, 2015
Apparently porcupines will climb trees if you chase after them. Seen outside…
Published on July 30, 2015
Scout takes a break from Threes to tend the fire. (July 22, 2015)
Climbing Baker Peak, VT. Incredible views to start the day. (July 22, 2015)
Published on July 29, 2015
Knock tries to figure out how ski lifts work. (July 21, 2015)
Yours truly walking up a ski slope that briefly follows the Appalachian Trail…
Stratton Mountain, Vermont. (July 20, 2015)
The caretaker’s cabin on top of Stratton Mountain. This is about where Vermont…
Turns out Vermont is very muddy - especially the souther part. (July 18, 2015)
Team Pie rolling in to Vermont! (July 18, 2015)
Published on July 28, 2015
Knock looking out over New Jersey. After Pennsylvania it was a joy of a state -…
Published on July 23, 2015
Looking down at Backlash and Rocky from the Culver Fire Tower in New Jersey.…
Published on July 20, 2015
Scout’s thousand yard stare. (June 24, 2015)
Published on July 19, 2015
Backlash at the Brink Shelter in New York. He hung out all morning to wait for…
What I think may be a dogbane beetle crawling around the forest floor. (June…
New Jersey has one of the longest boardwalks on the trail, put in place to save…
Swans in the Wallkill reserve outside of Unionville, NY. (June 26, 2016)
Thistle growing in the Wallkill reserve outside of Unionville, NY. (June 26,…
Published on July 18, 2015
Knock and New Jersey’s high point in the background. Not surprisingly, the high…
Wild blueberries make for a great snack while hiking. (June 23, 2015)
A black bear crossing the trail shortly after we entered New Jersey. We’d heard…
Crossing into New Jersey from Pennsylvania on a busy bridge. (June 23, 2015)
We met Scott Jurek a few miles south of Delaware Water Gap PA! He is a…
Published on July 5, 2015
