(Continued from Part Two) We awaken at dawn to the sounds of a moose lumbering toward our tent. ...
Blazing a Good Trail: The AT in Maine (Part Two)
(Continued from Part One) On June 21, 1934, the four Bates boys, as I come to think of ...
1934 A.T. Scouting Trip Gear List
Below is the gear list from the final Appalachian Trail scouting trip, taken June 21-28, 1934, in ...
Blazing a Good Trail: The AT in Maine (Part One)
“To those who would see the Maine wilderness, tramp day by day through a succession of ever ...
Ode to a Pack
Ten years ago, I bought a black Kelty daypack at the EMS store in Burlington, Vermont. At the time, ...