Appalachian Trail

Dear Herm’s Hiker, Greetings from Front Royal and the northern terminus of the Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park! It was a tremendous week to hike. The weather was good (There were a number of violent thunderstorms in the evening, but they were in the evening after we had stopped for the day) and […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, Greetings from Waynesboro, Virginia! 852 miles down and “only” 1,326 to go. Will be meeting my brother Mark who will hike with me along the Skyline Drive from Waynesboro to Front Royal/Linden. It will be nice to have a trail buddy for a week. He’s promised to bring plenty of food. and […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, On many days, the hike is the same, and that’s the reason for the blues, especially in Virginia where the trail (539 miles) covers almost a fourth of the AT. The present mile looks exactly like the last mile which is going to look exactly like the next mile. It can be […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, The euphoria of Trail Days has somewhat diminished, but one thing about the AT, there is always a new adventure around the next corner or town. What can you do for an encore after Trail Days? Why you go to the Highlands and then Pearisburg! I can hear Frank Sinatra singing now […]

Dear Herm’s Hikers, Kudos to the town of Damascus! What a great time at Trail Days! Enough cannot be said for the town and its people. For the uninitiated, Trail Days is a combination of Mardi Gras, Woodstock 1969, and the Cannes Film Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, there was live music on almost every […]

Hi Everyone! This is Cathy…Paul’s wife…and I just got back from spending the weekend with Paul at Trail Days in Damascus, VA. What a wonderful time…imagine the whole town, small as it was, coming out and spending the weekend celebrating the hikers on the AT. From the meals at the local Baptist Church to the […]