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  • Gibbs 10:52 am on July 30, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    After giving it a lot of thought I’ve decided to put my hike on hiatus. Thank you all for joining me on my journey. To be continued…

     
    • Dad 11:00 am on July 30, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Whassup?

    • Meagan 3:43 pm on July 30, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      So proud of you for getting as far as you have! I hope all is well, and I can’t wait to see you this weekend. 🙂

  • Gibbs 8:22 pm on July 25, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    There should be more places like the Doyle in Duncannon. Cheap, no-frills rooms, and good food. I ate so much I feel drunk with food.

     
    • Jeanne 8:29 pm on July 25, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Foooood Cooomaaa! (Said in a cookie-monster-esque voice, I think.)

    • Dad 10:18 am on July 27, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Duncannon is indeed an oasis. So is Port Clinton, unfortunately a little too close to Duncannon to be a real lifesaver.

  • Gibbs 7:37 pm on July 21, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    How better to celebrate hiking over half the #AT than to eat half a gallon of ice cream, an AT tradition. I had mint chocolate-chip. Yum.

     
    • Dad 4:03 pm on July 22, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      You should be across the Susquehanna by now. Peter’s Mtn. Shelter is very fancy if you stop there. Congratulations.

  • Gibbs 10:07 am on July 19, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    From sweltering heat to thunderstorms. The AT always keeps you on your toes.

     
  • Gibbs 1:01 pm on July 17, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Thank you state of Maryland for putting up a campground with bathrooms and showers. Perfect place to wait out another 95+ day.

     
    • Dad 2:26 pm on July 17, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Too bad it wasn’t open when I was there.

  • Gibbs 2:27 pm on July 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    I can now confirm that a journey of 1,000 miles DOES begin with a single step. And then is followed by a couple million more.

     
    • jan and mark 12:43 pm on July 14, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Amazing where your steps have taken you in this journey. Congrats on making the first thousand!
      Love, Jan and Mark

  • Gibbs 2:55 pm on July 9, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Shenandoah NP restaurants are killin’ me. Sunday: hike .5 off trail, no power. Today: closed between lunch and dinner.

     
    • Dad 3:04 pm on July 9, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Restaurants! Thought you were supposed to be surviving on freeze-dried, twigs, bark, nuts and berries. Restaurants!

      • Gibbs 7:51 pm on July 12, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        If they’re going to put restaurants along the AT, I’m gonna use them. My biggest problem was I had planned my re-supply around not needing dinner for those days.

    • Dad 3:07 pm on July 9, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Are you dodging cars on the Skyline Drive?

      • Gibbs 7:52 pm on July 12, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        I was, but no longer. Out of SNP, and soon to be in West Virginia.

  • Gibbs 1:07 pm on July 7, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Just had a great picnic lunch with friends Blake and Carrie who live nearby. Glad they could come out.

     
    • d&p 4:12 am on July 8, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      So glad youse guys could get together!!!!!

  • Gibbs 9:09 pm on July 5, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Today in “Things that could kill me.” Saw two bears and two rattlesnakes. A new record! In Waynesboro now, where cars are a bigger threat.

     
    • Dad 9:27 pm on July 5, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Were they green? (The snakes, not the bears.) The ones I saw up in PA were bright green. And big!

      • Gibbs 10:50 am on July 6, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        The first one was, the 2nd one was all black. Thought it was a rat snake at first, good thing I checked.

  • Gibbs 12:37 pm on July 5, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    No fireworks for me yesterday, but I did have buffalo chicken and rice with turkey bacon. That’s kinda patriotic, right?

     
    • Dad 1:50 pm on July 5, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      You killed a buffalo! My god, how could you? That is so unpatriotic!

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