The Roaming Romantics

Despite being pretty congested from allergies the day before,  I slept pretty good.  I got back on the trail and passed over a stream on a neat little foot bridge. I soon came to a section of trail known as “The Roller Coaster”.  A section full of hills over the...

Today was a short day, roughly 13 miles into Harpers Ferry, the unofficial halfway point on the trail. The trail into town was pretty rocky at points,  but not too steep. I worked my way down to the Potomac and crossed on a large bridge. I worked my way up to the...

I took two zero days outside of Harpers Ferry to rest, resupply and replace some gear. I went out to REI today so I could buy new socks and swap out my shoes.  The insoles had gotten messed and the tread was starting to wear down.  Probably could have went a little...

After two days off near Harpers Ferry, it was time to hit the trail again. The trail went through town, over the bridge and along a canal, providing some level easy hiking. At some point I crossed into Maryland, though I don't remember seeing a sign. So now in my...

Got an early start today,  hitting the trail about 6am. I walked confidently through the forest, after being assured of the low potential for forest fires today. I had been looking forward to this section of trail for a while, as it takes you near the original...

Started off the day, by making a wrong turn from the trail leading out of the shelter.  Walked about a half mile the way I had come in yesterday before I realized the mistake. It was the first time in the whole trip that I had backtracked like that. After a couple...

My alarm went off and my first thought was, PANCAKES! I quickly packed up camp and started the couple miles down trail towards town. On the way down I checked my phone and Mike,  who follows me Instagram,  saw that I was going to the restaurant and left trail magic!...

After reaching the halfway point, I wanted to take some time to send out some thank yous, as well as type up a gear review for those that have asked (and patiently waited for) First of all, I want to thank my family and friends back home for all the support they have...

The trail started off pretty easy in the morning, though it did start raining after a couple hours. After crossing some train tracks, the trail turned uphill. The top of the ridgeline was full of boulders and was a pretty good scramble up, over and around them. After...

After getting a ride back into town, Fresh, Karaoke and I ate breakfast at a little café. Afterwards, they took off for the trail and I hung back to fish in the lake in town. I only had a spool of line,  a little float and some jigs/flies, but I did pretty good,...