https://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/11/the-journey-begins-kinda/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/steve-view.jpgsteve-viewWas that really a bird?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lunch.jpglunchhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jess-butt.jpgjess-butthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jess-blaze.jpgjess-blazeJess encounters one of her first white blazes...2016-02-12T00:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/11/02/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0899.jpgDSCN0899Hertz probably didn't want their car to be driven on muddy, rocky forest service roads in Georgia. :phttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0898.jpgDSCN0898https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0897.jpgDSCN0897https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn08941.jpgDSCN0894https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0890.jpgDSCN0890The end...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0887.jpgDSCN0887https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0886.jpgDSCN0886https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0885.jpgDSCN0885Big Stamp Gap, GA...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0878.jpgDSCN0878https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0881.jpgDSCN0881Neel Gap, GA. Where 10% of northbound prospective thru-hikers give up the dream after only 30+ miles...2015-11-16T03:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/11/02/one-shoe-off-one-shoe-on-abandoned-footwear-along-the-trail/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0884.jpgDSCN0884"The Shoe Tree" at Neel Gap, Walisi-Yi Hostel, only 30 miles from the southern terminus (Springer Mountain, GA) houses hundreds of pairs of heavy, blister-causing boots tossed into it's branches over the past 30 years...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0840.jpgDSCN0840Standing Bear Hostel (just north of the Smokies) made good use of shoes abandoned there as plant-holders and decoration...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0880.jpgDSCN0880https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0868.jpgDSCN0868https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0809.jpgDSCN0809https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0781.jpgDSCN0781https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0777.jpgDSCN0777https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0764.jpgDSCN0764https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0711.jpgDSCN0711https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0702.jpgDSCN07022015-11-29T23:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/11/02/im-a-fun-gi-shrooms-of-the-appalachians/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0757.jpgDSCN0757https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0740.jpgDSCN0740https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0710.jpgDSCN0710https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0696.jpgDSCN0696https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn06351.jpgDSCN0635https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0633.jpgDSCN0633https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0632.jpgDSCN0632https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0625.jpgDSCN0625https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0622.jpgDSCN0622https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0621.jpgDSCN06212015-11-02T18:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/10/15/moving-deeper-into-the-south/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151015_073341_392.jpgIMG_20151015_073341_392I went out to wet the grass late last night and my head-lamp picked out eyes peering back at me. Thinking bear, I left well-enough alone and went back to the safety of the shelter. At first light I decided to check the "eye spot", and it tuned out to be the lost and quite hungry bear-dog Locust...who was miles from his home. A young couple sharing the shelter with us took him down the mountain and according to a ranger we spoke with late today, Locust was reunited with his owners. Bear- dogs like blueberrie Cliff Bars. :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0846.jpgDSCN0846Smokies spotted with dead hemlock due to the Wooly Adelgid...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0845.jpgDSCN0845https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0844.jpgDSCN0844https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0843-e1444960788698.jpgDSCN0843Up into the Smokies. Colors changing...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0842-e1444960455682.jpgDSCN0842https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0841.jpgDSCN0841https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0839.jpgDSCN0839FAA antenna...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0836.jpgDSCN0836https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0835.jpgDSCN08352015-10-28T13:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/10/03/southern-virginia-walking-with-autumn/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn0807-e1443899392295.jpgDSCN0807Leaving Damascus, VA...next stop Tennessee!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/40-creeper.jpg40-creeperRiding part of the "Creeper" with Uncle Cal on our day off. I paid for it for the next few hiking days...hiking and biking muscles aren't quite the same. :-phttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/39-cowch.jpg39-cowchSitting on the "cowch" @ Cuz's, which served an eclectic mix of Virginia and Thai...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/38-cj-cuz.jpg38-cj-cuzAt Cuz's Uptown Barbeque with Uncle Calvin & Aunt Jean, who rescued us for a day in the Damascus area...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/37-osprey-e1443887074164.jpg37-ospreyHiking down towards Damascus, the AT joins the Virginia Creeper Rail-Trail a few times. We spotted this osprey looking for trout along the Whitetop Laurel River at a point where AT, Creeper & River join...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/36-magic.jpg36-magicTrail magic...it actually exists! This gentleman was set up on a cold drizzly morning between Mt. Rodgers & Whitetop with a fire, food & drinks for hikers...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/35-gc-sunset.jpg35-gc-sunsetSunset over Mt. Rodgers...here come's the wind & rain!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/34-gc4.jpg34-gc4Looking south from our Mt. Rodgers camp in to North Carolina...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/33-cowpie.jpg33-cowpieRemember that long-horn?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/32-gc3.jpg32-gc3Reaching for the skies...literally...just enough reception to send off a text. :-p2015-10-15T15:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/09/27/hurly-burly-appalachia/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0125-e1443412626879.jpgDSCN0125https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0090-e1443412492280.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0090https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0167.jpgDSCN0167https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0099.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0099https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0084.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0084https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_20150825_112712_135.jpgIMG_20150825_112712_135https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0720.jpgDSCN0720https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0717.jpgDSCN0717https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0699.jpgDSCN0699https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0697.jpgDSCN06972015-09-29T01:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/09/10/flippin-on-south-into-the-heat-of-summer/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0746.jpgDSCN0746"Rescued" by Jess's mother & step-dad at Catawba for a few rest days. Thanks Kitty & Mike!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0745.jpgDSCN0745Another bear, again hard to photograph in the dark woods...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0743-e1441943518129.jpgDSCN0743https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0744-e1441943468222.jpgDSCN0744https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0741.jpgDSCN0741Upon reaching Catawba Mountain Shelter, Steve can already say he's hiked the whole trail (in sections, that is...did everything south of here in the early '90s)...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0737.jpgDSCN0737McAfee Knob, that is...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0736.jpgDSCN0736On "the knob"...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0731.jpgDSCN0731Atop Tinker Cliffs looking toward McAfee Knob...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0729.jpgDSCN0729Lambert Meadows campsite...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dscn0728.jpgDSCN0728There's a bear in that mass of foliage...2015-09-24T02:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/08/28/through-the-wilderness-to-the-greatest-mountain/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0667.jpgDSCN0667https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0669.jpgDSCN0669We made it to our psychological half-way! Only 900 miles more from Central Virginia to Springer Mountain in Georgia...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0664.jpgDSCN0664https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0663.jpgDSCN0663https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0662.jpgDSCN0662Nobo Throughhikers celebrating their completion in the distance...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0661.jpgDSCN0661https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0660.jpgDSCN0660Half-way up Katahdin...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0658-e1440820590435.jpgDSCN0658https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0656.jpgDSCN0656Cooling off at Little Niagara falls...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0654.jpgDSCN0654Deer within Baxter State Park...2015-09-10T02:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/08/10/the-rain-in-maine-leads-plainly-toward-pain/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11059615_10153126018848590_3128960549360095831_n.jpg11059615_10153126018848590_3128960549360095831_nHanging out at the Lakeshore House Pub in Monson with friend Bo Manton...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0595.jpgDSCN0595One of our first fords. Water only shin high, we have been lucky thus far with minimal rain. These streams can swell to waist depth or deeper, making crossing quite thrilling and dangerous...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0591-e1439233597704.jpgDSCN0591New and old Maine AT marker. The tin diamond is now being eaten by it's host. Faintly legible "Maine to Georgia" can still be seen on it's lower edge...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0590.jpgDSCN0590Atop Bald Mountain, near Moxie Pond...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0589-e1439233411742.jpgDSCN0589https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0587.jpgDSCN0587Just a pretty little caterpillar utilizing the trail for his own purposes...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0584.jpgDSCN0584Another MATC volunteer at work, this one clearing blow-downs with his chainsaw...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0575.jpgDSCN0575https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0574.jpgDSCN0574https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0573.jpgDSCN05732015-08-15T16:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/08/03/live-free-or-die/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0541-e1438654528395.jpgDSCN0541Filtering highly tannic stream water. Tastes better than Wellman water, but looks like iced-tea...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0539-e1438654377923.jpgDSCN0539Juvenile hawk near it's nest...mother wasn't happy with our loitering. Can you identify?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0537.jpgDSCN0537https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0536.jpgDSCN0536Finally getting ripe (have been watching the plants flower and produce green berries ever since central Pennsylvania)...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0535.jpgDSCN0535Blueberries (last day in NH)!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150722_130322.jpg20150722_130322Pond at Carter Notch, near the northern-most Hut of the Whites...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0534.jpgDSCN0534https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0533.jpgDSCN0533https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0532.jpgDSCN0532https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn0531.jpgDSCN05312015-10-05T03:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/07/11/more-obscure-wildflowers/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150703_063520.jpg20150703_063520https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150627_081918.jpg20150627_081918https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150618_141321.jpg20150618_141321https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150616_085226.jpg20150616_085226https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150629_094527.jpg20150629_094527https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150618_1409141.jpg20150618_140914https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150618_140914.jpg20150618_140914https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150708_152054.jpg20150708_152054https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150611_132634.jpg20150611_1326342015-07-23T03:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/07/07/wet-muddy-happy/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/28-surpriselunch.jpg28-surpriselunchWest Hartford, VT resident Randy rings his bell and lures hikers over for sodas & food!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/27-web.jpg27-webIt's nice when spiders don't spin their webs in the middle of the trail...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/26-pines-e1436293404753.jpg26-pinesBeginning to see more conifer forests...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/25-privy-e1436293353757.jpg25-privyPrivy at the Thistle Hill shelter...it worked well! :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/23-benjerrys.jpg23-benjerrysJess on her way to a consultation with Ben & Jerry's employees...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/22-tower4th.jpg22-tower4th"The Tower" shelter (east of Killington) where we stayed the night of July 4th. From the perch on top we could see fireworks from dozens of Vermont & New Hampshire communities...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/91-innhikermenu.jpg91-innhikermenuIn @ the Long Trail gag "hiker menu"...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/9-yellowdeli.jpg9-yellowdeliHiker Hostel in Rutland run by a group of 70's Christian hippies. We didn't stay there, but many hikers enjoy the place...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/21-busstop.jpg21-busstopWaiting on a bus to Rutland to pick up supplies...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20-danger-e1436292987862.jpg20-dangerPuppies beware!2015-08-04T13:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/06/24/break-time/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_141932.jpg20150624_141932https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_142016.jpg20150624_142016Thanks mom & dad Miller for giving us a few days of pain/rain-free enjoyment! :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_141925.jpg20150624_141925US currency contains little if any wood product (aprox. 80% cotton/20% linen pulp)...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_130446.jpg20150624_130446At the Crane paper factory museum in Dalton (where US dollar currency paper is pulped and pressed before being sent to the mint for printing)....https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_115332.jpg20150624_115332The view of Mt. Greylock (the whale) that inspired Moby Dick...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150624_115226.jpg20150624_115226Checking out Herman Melville's place near Pittsfield...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150622_125019.jpg20150622_125019Ben learning to use a loom...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150622_124634.jpg20150622_124634I might have to get one of these to hike in!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150622_113623.jpg20150622_113623Still no rain!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0409.jpgDSCN0409Someone wasn't impressed with the educational signage....2015-10-05T03:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/06/15/yankee-doodlin/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150614_110409.jpg20150614_110409Site of the last battle of Shays' Rebellion, a series of protests of unfair taxes immediately following the revolution, resulting in a swift tyrannical smack-down by our Founding Fathers.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0380-e1434416145935.jpgDSCN0380https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0378.jpgDSCN0378Ski-jump (from across the valley) above Salisbury, Connecticut, used in US Olympic trials...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150612_151040.jpg20150612_151040The best water is attained from cemeteries...high calcium content...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150612_090559.jpg20150612_090559Housatonic Falls...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0377-e1434415680176.jpgDSCN0377https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0376.jpgDSCN0376https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0371.jpgDSCN0371Mmmmmmmm! Cool, sweet mountain spring water filtered (don't want parasites giving us the shits) through our gravity system...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0370.jpgDSCN0370Wood Frog...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150610_133935.jpg20150610_1339352015-06-27T23:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/06/10/late-spring-and-early-summer-wildflowers/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/false-solomon.jpgFalse Solomonhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/laurel.jpgLaurelhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bleeding-heart.jpgBleeding Hearthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pink-azalea.jpgPink Azaleahttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lousewort.jpgLouseworthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150512_090957.jpg20150512_090957https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150504_162517.jpg20150504_1625172015-06-10T14:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/06/09/favorite-things/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0295.jpgDSCN0295https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0353.jpgDSCN0353Regular laundryhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0303-e1433890372746.jpgDSCN0303Shampoo.....https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0300.jpgDSCN0300A well-functioning municipal water systemhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0286.jpgDSCN0286Roundup herbicidehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150529_183114.jpg20150529_183114Casey's Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizzahttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0360.jpgDSCN0360Beds with sheets2015-06-13T16:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/06/02/spring-into-summer/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0312x.jpgDSCN0312xhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150530_111203.jpg20150530_111203Hard trails require modern tools.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0312.jpgDSCN0312Visit with Jess's Uncle Bill in New York. He picked us up in the pouring rain from the trail....wonderful!!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0291.jpgDSCN0291Happiness Is......Hot Dog stands 100 feet from the trail!!! Easy calories and ice-cold drinks!!!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0299.jpgDSCN0299Twelve feet of shiny black snake making whoopee...very cool.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0290.jpgDSCN0290https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0281.jpgDSCN0281In the WallkIll River NWR.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0279.jpgDSCN0279https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0277.jpgDSCN0277https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0276.jpgDSCN02762015-06-27T22:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/23/hello-new-jersey/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0249.jpgDSCN0249https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150523_112547.jpg20150523_112547Selecting a new trail coif...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0250.jpgDSCN0250Relaxing with Pastor John in Delaware Water Gap...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0240.jpgDSCN0240First view of the Western Jersey Shore...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150520_130623.jpg20150520_130623Rocks + wet = emergency blister treatment. Duct tape has soo many uses...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0239.jpgDSCN0239https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0238.jpgDSCN0238https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0237-e1432426114363.jpgDSCN0237Up a steep, and somewhat technical, rocky Lehigh Gap...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0236.jpgDSCN0236https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0235.jpgDSCN0235Hog-nose beauty...2015-06-11T03:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/16/the-doyle-hotel/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0194.jpgDSCN0194"Bag of Tricks", the resident hiker advisor, story teller, and personal coach.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0193-e1431777465593.jpgDSCN0193Built by Adolphus Busch at the turn of the century as part of a chain of vacation hotels along major train routes.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wpid-20140528_190153.jpgwpid-20140528_190153This is the room next to ours. The picture was taken by a fellow hikerhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20130612_175121_584.jpgIMG_20130612_175121_584https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150508_194100.jpg20150508_194100The 4th floor shower leaks into the 3rd floor shower.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150508_193922.jpg20150508_193922Wide, well-lit hallways.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150508_155455.jpg20150508_155455We had a room on the 3rd story with curved windows.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/3706_13889464791088_bigthumb.jpg3706_13889464791088_bigthumbBeautiful staircase. 2015-05-19T22:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/15/rocksylvania/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0758.jpgIMG_0758A couple of dawned hobo's...hobblin' in for another zero day...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0216.jpgDSCN0216Rocks? Hehe :-p They be nothin'! :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150514_134401.jpg20150514_134401When in Port Clinton, PA? High & tight with the best barber around!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150512_172716.jpg20150512_172716Mmmmmm! P'zzzzaaa on the trail. :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150512_1009431.jpg20150512_100943https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0209-e1431748272122.jpgDSCN0209Blisters & sore arches? Bah! Too much beauty to see, feel, smell & hear...onward north!https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0208.jpgDSCN0208https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0207.jpgDSCN0207Previous pic was approaching the underbelly of I-81...now taking a breather inside the guts with traffic whizzing overhead...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0205.jpgDSCN0205https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0204.jpgDSCN02042015-05-19T20:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/14/mid-spring-wildflowers/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150507_134704.jpg20150507_134704https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150508_084908.jpg20150508_084908https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150507_131530.jpg20150507_131530https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150507_121727.jpg20150507_121727https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150507_134431.jpg20150507_134431https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150512_080551.jpg20150512_080551https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150508_084934.jpg20150508_084934https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150509_152846.jpg20150509_152846https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150504_163059.jpg20150504_1630592015-05-16T00:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/06/four-feet-four-states-four-days/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0169.jpgDSCN0169https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0172.jpgDSCN0172https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0162.jpgDSCN0162https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0187-e1430943153552.jpgDSCN0187Pine Grove Furnace State Park...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0178.jpgDSCN0178Quarry Shelter - beautiful, potted plants and wind screen included...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0175-e1430942750741.jpgDSCN0175Steppin' up the rhododendron tunnel...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0165.jpgDSCN0165She beat me to PA by 3 seconds...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0159.jpgDSCN0159Crossing I-70...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0158-e1430942315695.jpgDSCN0158Jess extracted from the sphincter of the beast...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn0156-e1430942086886.jpgDSCN0156The original Washington Monument...2015-05-15T20:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/05/05/preppers-rejoice/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150411_080017-e1430863717539.jpg20150411_080017Check out the package...80's?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150411_075921-e1430863593825.jpg20150411_07592190's?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150411_075902.jpg20150411_075902These meals don't have expiration dates, so we tried to judge their age by the fashions on the labels. https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150504_181040.jpg20150504_181040Alpine-Aire went out of business over 10 years ago. 2015-05-15T21:47:46+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/26/week-2/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150421_190700.jpg20150421_190700Unless a bear can stretch nearly 10 feet, our food is safe.https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0127.jpgDSCN0127https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0140.jpgDSCN0140https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0137-e1430092529227.jpgDSCN0137https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0130.jpgDSCN0130Jess kicking back for the evening...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0129.jpgDSCN0129AT shelter discussions...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0128.jpgDSCN0128https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0125-e1430092207332.jpgDSCN0125A strangely diseased or mutated tree?https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0122.jpgDSCN0122Someone lost their head in the middle of the woods...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0118.jpgDSCN0118Very small geodesic sleeping platform.2015-05-05T13:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/26/west-by-god-virginia/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150423_102412.jpg20150423_102412https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dscn0134.jpgDSCN01342015-05-13T15:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/25/early-spring-wildflowersp/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/trout-lily.jpgTrout Lilyhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rue-anemone.jpgRue Anemonehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/round-lobed-hepatica.jpgRound Lobed Hepaticahttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/large-flowered-trillium.jpgLarge-Flowered Trilliumhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dutchmans-breeches.jpgDutchman's Breecheshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cut-leaved-toothwort.jpgCut-Leaved Toothworthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/columbine.jpgColumbinehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bluebells-portrait.jpgBluebells Portraithttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bluebells-landscape.jpgBluebells Landscapehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bloodroot.jpgBloodroot2015-05-10T02:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/19/65-miles-down/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0094.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0094We got the first (blackberry) shake made on the first day of the Elwell of season! :-)https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0088.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0088These boots are made for walkin'...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0084.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0084Hiking through some crazy twisted trees...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0083.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0083The green creeping up the mountains...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0076.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0076Thornton Gap from Mary'a Rock...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storage_emulated_0_nikon_wu_card_d04192015_001_100nikon_dscn0075.jpgstorage_emulated_0_Nikon_WU_Card_D04192015_001_100NIKON_DSCN0075Enjoying the beauty...https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150409_152516.jpg20150409_1525162015-05-06T16:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/07/physical-preparedness/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yoga.jpgYogahttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lunge.jpgLungehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/light-weight-training.jpgLight Weight Traininghttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/heavy-weight-training.jpgHeavy Weight Traininghttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fencing.jpgFencinghttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bryson-isometrics.jpgBryson Isometricshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ballet-ii.jpgBallet II2015-04-08T00:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/04/05/walk-this-way/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/start-here.jpgStart Herehttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sobo.jpgSOBOhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/return-to-va.jpgReturn to VAhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nobo.jpgNOBO2015-04-07T02:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/03/29/weight-decisions/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/better-tooth.jpgBetter Toothhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/clean-pack.jpgClean Packhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/toothbrush.jpgToothbrushhttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/packs1.jpgPackshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hiking-shoes.jpgHiking Shoeshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camp-shoes.jpgCamp Shoeshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/better-shoes.jpgBetter Shoes2015-04-01T21:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://milander-adventures.org/2015/03/26/gear/https://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/weight.jpgWeighthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tent.jpgTenthttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/steves.jpgSteve'shttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rooms.jpgRoomshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/quilts.jpgQuiltshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pillows.jpgPillowshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/packs.jpgPackshttps://milander-adventures.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jesss-gear.jpgJess's 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