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Stitches' Appalachian Trail Photos from her Georgia to Maine northbound hike in 1999PicturesFinally, after a four year wait, I've finally created a web page to make my 1999 Appalachian Trail pictures accessible. Though I'm still on my great american road trip following my aborted PCT thruhike, I've had some good computer access and plenty of time while visiting a friend in Eugene. It's not well organized as there are a large number of pictures all one one page... I hope to reorganize but for now, at least they are accessible. I hope to number and date them eventually as well as include tags so my journal can point to the appropriate picture at the appropriate time. I know the pictures of the Mason-Dixon Line and Single Malt need rotation. Let me know if you see any other problems. Amicalola - just 11 miles to the start of the AT Springer Mountain summit Rob, soon to be Sir P-a-lot, at Laurel Falls Papa Bear, Trail Trotter, Whittler, Tigger, and Christopher Robbin AT plaque at a road crossing gap Raven, Checkdam, and Sky at the Walasi-Yi breezeway Even Steven and Candleman Backlit fog on the trail Candleman, Serpico, Whittler, and Trail Trotter in the snow at the Blueberry Patch Hanging out in the Blueberry Patch with Daisy Picker, Quercus, Erin, Mara, Raven, Woodpecker, Papa Bear, Candleman, and Sky Freak storm left a very snowy trail Anatomically correct snow people Papa Bear The North Carolina, Georgia state line, the first state line we cross Communal Thermarest - how to stay warm on a cold, crappy, and rainy day After the rain passed through, we hang out and dry gear Georgia hills Hanging out under the tower on Albert Mountain Morning fog settling in the valleys Sunrise NOC Olympic kayak course Eating breakfast Black snake with Walking Home in the background Fontana Dam View from Shuckstack Mountain Evening activities at the shelter Mara at Clingman's Dome Mara at Charlie's Bunion Prehistoric Tony in the Smokies Smokies trail Smokies trail sign Mt. Momas Papa Bear, LJ, Woodchuck, Pepper, and Cassiopeia enjoying lunch at a shelter Lunch on Max Patch, just one of the southern balds Trail on the balds LJ's pack explosion in the hostel at Hot Springs Concrete dam Tree eaten sign Mara on a stile Trail stuff - perhaps a weather reporting station of some sort The Redhead Mara, earning her trail name, Stitches Uncle Johnnies Still can't believe a church would allow that sign to represent them Cassy trying on my shoes - on the wrong feet no less Dealing with maildrops and bounce boxes at the Post Office Rockfish Tree Fuzzy fiddlehead ferns unfurling Trail Days free food line Solar Bear in a tutu Bag Pipers leading the Trail Days parade Class of '99 at the Trail Days parade Trail Days parade Patches and Wandering Taoist flaunting the no public alcohol consumption rule with a bemused trooper AT-L mailing list crowd AT-L at Quincy's Foot massage by Solar Bear The AT goes through Damascus - literally Damascus sidewalk KC's packin' Leapfrog and her daughter Cassiopeia in farmland AT Survey marker Spring flowers Mike Lowell playing bandit with pot cozy hat Pep step and Dry Fly Birds nest at Woodshole hostel Woodshole hostel Woodshole hostel crowd Woodshole hostel Cyrus and Husky sharing a meal Strange rock piles, neither cairns nor beehive ovens. Ideas anyone? Feral goats seeking the salt from our sweat Virginia ridges run long and straight Shelters offer convenient lunch stops with picnic tables adn other places to sit Audie Murphy memorial Whittler on Dragon's Tooth German Baptist women on Dragon's Tooth Trail Trotter in Dragon's Tooth Mara and Betsy, my friend from home visiting her friends in the Blacksburg area Trail angels Stitches on McCafee's Knob The Mod Squad on McCafee's Knob Mountain Laurel and Rhododendron Skink - This red-headed skink is an older male Smokey Joe at a Blue Ridge road wall Butterfly Apple Orchard Mountain The Guillotine Butterfly Peddlar dam Tye River trail magic Tye River Ken and Nancy The house is long gone, but the chimney remains Communications equipment is frequently located along the ridge What these weird tractor seats are doing here is anybody's guess Deer in the Shenandoah are relatively tame Luna moth. There were two but a bird ate the other one as we watched. Big meadows dinner with the gang Deer I took a side trip to Monticello when my parents visited me along the trail Appalachian Trail sign slowly being eaten by the tree on which it's mounted The Rollercoaster is a very hilly area with lots of small steep hills FAL and Hercules on the C&O Canal The War Correspondents Memorial The Inn where we, a bunch of grungy hikers, had dinner Savouring dessert The original Washington Monument Near Devil's Racecourse, I was told this was a juvenile rattlesnake. Six years later, a pointer and some research has me realizing that this is a copperhead. Toad Penmar AT Sign Mason-Dixon Line Flower A liquid chlorine spill injured one and brought out the hazmat crew to the Caledonia State Park swimming pool. The Gettysburg monument caught my eye My friend Tim and I toured Gettysburg Pine Grove Furnace The halfway marker Sleeping Beauty aka Wandering Taoist Bare Chest (on the floor), Wandering Taoist, and Court Dog in our Duncannon motel room Trail angel, Kahley Mule and Bagel Turtle Green Point Bridge Eating family style at the Haag Hotel in Pennsylvania Dutch country Hiker crowd Pennsylvania Gamelands Stitches, Mule, Walking Home, and Trail Trotter at the Blue Rock Campground Swimming Pool Mule in trouble Mule train trailside break Pennsylvania rocks trying to trip us up Some shelters are quite small Lehigh Gap Georgia to Maine sign, an oddity given that most say Maine to Georgia Climbing Lehigh Gap Looking down into Lehigh Ga Walking through the Palmerton Superfund site Trail Trotter, Walking Home, and Stitches at the NY/NJ line Negotiating the Lemon Squeezer Some shelters are sturdy Whittler on Bear Mountain Mule and Trail Trotter on the Bear Mountain, long disused, ski jump Big hiker crowd waiting to go through the Bear Mountain Zoo Bear Mountain Bridge Well built trail The Dover Oak Walking Home in the flowers AT train station Mom and Dad Delaware Water Gap sunset Mohican Outdoor Center New Jersey hiking Sunrise Mountain lives up to its name High Point State Park Alice, a trail angel, took five of us in for two days and slackpacked us for both days. Larry and Cindy (aka Mrs. Gorp) put me up for four days and helped slackpack me. Sharon and Ari, my sister and brother-in-law, with Simi and Jared, my nephews on the top of Killington Indian Pipestem Well fed Ribbon snake Ma and Pa on the lookout tower The Pentaprivy at the Hexacuba shelter VT/NH state line over the Connecticut River Split tree Single Malt Mt. Cube and fog Sharon and her dog Bitsy trying not to look like a tourist at the Scenic view Jen and Stitches Summit of Mt. Mooselauke, the first of the New Hampshire 4,000'ers Foggy mountains from the Kinsmans Single Malt and Gentleman Jim eating dinner at the Galehead Mountain Hut The AT goes directly through Zealand Notch Gentleman Jim, Stitches, and Single Malt on the top of Mount Washington The cog railroad spewing coal while it climbs Mount Washington Glider over Mount Washington I found this guillotine formation in the White Mountains The Presidentials from the Carter-Moriah Range Gorham Dam Mountain undercast The bogs atop Success mountain Yak in Mahoosuc Notch Mara in Mahoosuc Notch not sure which way to go Yo in Mahoosuc Notch wishing her legs were just a tiny bit longer The Cabin crowd The Cabin slackpackers Napping along the way Yak and Yo - note Yak's beard Yak and Yo Shaw's Jojo fording More fording in Maine Moose tracks Well decorated mail drops from my sister were fun to peruse Katahdin This mousebag didn't work regardless of the tunacan protector. I slept with my food that night Maine streams were wonderful to walk along Skinny Mara David Brill interviewing Walking Home Jojo and Yo negotiating the bridge after Daicy Pond The David Brill 20th anniversary group The Photoshoot of Walking Home The Photoshoot of Stitches Katahdin summit shot on a lousy day Yak couldn't wait and shaved the night he finished the trail. Last updated, February 24, 2012. |
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