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slo-go'en is spot on stay away from vermont in may.nothin but black flies and mud. keep coming south down to the mass or conn line. you wont be sorry

slo-go'en is spot on stay away from vermont in may.nothin but black flies and mud. keep coming south down to the mass or conn line. you wont be sorry

And they weren't all navigational aids. As I replied in another post they had several different uses. The majority of the ones we've found in north...

Yes, for many reasons; Ceremonial, healing sites, marking trails, burials etc.

Posting here for what good it will do. I plan to depart Springer on April 5/6 NOBO on my thru-hike. I'm not part of a group and look forward to...

I'm a Tree lover. Have you hugged your Tree today?

Several I know are and have been picking up access to walking along the Appalachia’s from different and even more difficult trail heads. You can walk...

Looks like the end caps mentioned weren’t set down more than a week or two trip. Wouldn’t doubt this was only used for one Or two nights.

Upon closer inspection, IMO the T joint in and of itself is a sort of weld or solder. 99.9% sure. tho it does look on par with the old durable...

The vaccines are rated by efficacy (which is different than effectiveness). Even at 95% efficacy, that leaves 5%. (1 in 20, no work for you) ...

It also goes very well paired with chili. As a sandwich with sausage and cheese also. Thinking about it it goes good with just about everything....

First pic, something came down on the tree and tore the bark off that face, never fully recovering on that section. Drove the leader down and may...

Thanks! Sorry I missed your reply earlier. I have family and friends in NY, so am pretty well supported there. Might need some help in Connecticut.

You could core it and see how old it is. Second picture looks like the tree on the right had its leader or a main branch pushed into the tree on...

Ahhh I see where you are coming from. Click Bait videos :-) ...

Nowadays (cold weather) it's the MSR Reactor. It's quiet and boils faaaast :-) Not too budget though ;-) I'm always good for some modifications...

Trees that take a sharp horizontal bend a few feet off the ground, then shoot straight up again, are often trail trees. It was the Native Americans...

This. Wild that the myth persists.

As strange as it may seem, folks who have recovered or received the vaccine (or both in the case of an elderly relative of mine) are being cautioned...

I take pics of interesting trees. This one is on the AT in SNP. But I agree that to think they were all navigation aids is a stretch.

Yeah, the name of the game right now is to take extra precautions until the vaccine is available - probably a couple of months for me although...

I am so happy for this thread. My son and I just got back from two nights easy backpacking at King's Mountain Battlefield/State Park. Breakfast both...

Rivers would work for north-south travel, but they also traveled east-west across mountains. Daniel Boone traveled through the Cumberland Gap to...

I turned 68 a few days ago. How many good years do I have left? I hope at least a couple. My plan is to make it to 75, then start to drink and smoke...

Didn't they mostly use the rivers? Settlement next to the river, hunting grounds in the nearby forest. I believe there were some well defined paths...

Well, hard to say, but I for one would not want to hike Vermont in early May. Even it it turns out to be a fairly dry spring. I'd suggest...

Due to COVID and other reasons, I didn’t hike at all in 2020 and I miss it and will be heading out shortly. The trail towns and shelters seem like...

During "Covid," I have not been here much. Rainman gave me much valued advise about 10 years ago on where to take my then 10 & 12 year old sons to...