Mid State Trail

Jun 23, 2023

Slackpack Heaven

Day 5 Although we wanted badly to zero, the forecast said snow in two days so we decided to slackpack for a couple days in the nice...

Jun 23, 2023

Fueled by Thoughts of Spaghetti

Day 4 Sometime around midnight we woke up to raindrops hitting our foreheads. We got out of the quilt and turned ourselves around so we...

Mar 11, 2023

The Trail Takes a Lot and Gives a Little

Day 3 It was less than half a mile before we ended up back in a rock pit on the way up to the ridge this morning. I stood at the bottom...

Mar 10, 2023

Briars, Rocks and Gunshots

Day 2 We didn't set an alarm or try to wake up a decent time at all this morning. We had such little sleep the night before that we both...

Mar 9, 2023

First Day Feels

Day 1 It was terribly windy when we woke up this morning, so much so that it was tempting to delay our start by a day. But a glance at my...

Mar 2, 2023

Hiking Thru the Home State

On Saturday, March 4th, Henry, Sawyer and I head out north from the PA/MD border on the Mid State Trail. It's been too long since I quit...