Appalachian Trail

Dear Herm’s Hikers, Time and miles are fleeting. In and out of Connecticut in 4 days. Good thing too because this part of CT is very upscale, trendy, and expensive. The trail is CT is excellent for hiking, some mountains, valleys, and river paths, but the mosquitoes are horrendous. The trail book said that when […]

Dear Herm’s Hiker, Greetings from Kent, CT! New York has been completed. Whee! At times, it was a very tough section to hike. It started with small rocks and small mountains and progressed to larger rocks and larger mountains. With no switchbacks, some of the climbing was hand over hand up some very large rock […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, On Tuesday, July 7, I laced up the boots, threw on the backpack, and hiked across the Delaware River bridge to New Jersey. Relief was immediate. Oh, sure, they are plenty of rocks in New Jersey, but compared to Pennsylvania, the AT seems paved. So far, NJ has been a hiker’s paradise […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, It’s not the day the music died as Don Mclean once sang in American Pie; it’s the day the rocks ended in Pennsylvania. Sorry I couldn’t update the journal sooner, but I hit a stretch of trail where there was no access to a computer. Now that I’m at a computer, there’s […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, Another great week for hiking! For the first time in 2 weeks, I did not have a hiking partner. I sure do miss the companionship of my brother Mark and Mrs. T, Rainbow Brite. Yes, it does get lonely out there sometimes. In all honesty, I’m a home-body so I often wonder […]

Dear Herms’ Hikers, Finally, after 500+ miles, nearly a quarter of the AT, Virginia is history. Whew, what a relief! I hit the VA/WVA line somewhere on the Rollercoaster, a 13.5 mile stretch of eroded rock fields that included 10 steep climbs. I swear I heard John Denver singing in the background “Take me home, […]