just a quick note from me before we head out again. the park was stunning and i can’t believe all the trail magic we were lucky enough to receive and i just wanted to give my own thanks to everyone. john, wendy, gina, dan, julie, alex and walt — that night of food and good [...]
Archive for May, 2008
pippi’s two cents
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shenandoah treated us well
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Before I start updating you all on everything that’s happened recently, I wanted to point out a couple things – two days ago was Pippi’s birthday ( Happy Birthday to her!) and secondly, huge thanks to Rainbow Brite & AJ for their wonderful maildrop they sent here to Front Royal, Va.
Ok, well, we plowed through [...]
Still about to hit SNP…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So we stayed in Waynesboro an extra day, as is par for the course with us, and man does it feel good. Now, I can’t speak for Pippi who is suffering from sore sore shins, but getting a day of rest sure does the boy good, plus the church hostel here cooked a great dinner [...]
A startling revelation
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So we “slept” on cots last night here at the hostel. I was previously unaware that cots are made for persons under 5′6″ who are expected to sleep curled up in a ball. Consider me informed.
About to hit Shenandoah
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re into Waynesboro, Virginia, mile 850.5, and home of the first Chinese Buffet that I’ve ever been to. When Rainbow Brite & I came through here in ‘06, we ate at Ming Garden, so Pippi and I decided we had to return to say hi. There’s a great hostel in town at a Lutheran Church (a [...]
halfway through virginia!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings again. Yes, this is Pippi here writing, despite the proper capitalizations. We can’t get online right now so I’m typing this in Microsoft Word and it automatically takes care of that for me. Now, on to the update! Things are settling back to normal here on the trail after all the craziness last week. [...]
more pictures
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ok, heading out now but i was able to get a few more pics up on hamburglar’s flicker site. no time to transfer them over here right now, but here’s the link again for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpk219/sets/72157604043979861
off we go into a dreary wet day. with many more to follow….weeee!
updating again…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ok, for the third time today…
so we’ve slowly been getting more info here. obviously, since it’s almost 3:00 and we’re still in town, we’ve decided not to hike out today. we were getting a late start as it was and with all these events, plus urging from the parental units, we’re staying put one more [...]
What’s next?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As Pippi was writing the last post in the “hotel” lobby, a couple hikers came into our room and gave me some interesting news: a couple hikers were shot last night, apparently either where we stayed a couple nights ago or somewhere a little closer to here.
chipping away at virginia
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
well here we sit in pearisburg, va — 624 miles into the trail. in our guide book, there are almost 15 pages dedicated to the state of virginia, divided into four sections — southwest, central, shenandoah, and northern. it takes a looong time to get through this state (over 500 miles)and hikers often get the “virginia [...]
