My style of doing The Trail -- about which I have spoken several times -- inevitably leads to a few gaps in the miles I have hiked over. Specifically, I have missed about thirty miles of the A.T. just north of Damascus. Fortunately, my "Free Shuttle, With Benefits"
http://tinyurl.com/Shuttle2017
had a few days off during her university's fall semester break. Thus, we went down to that area for R&R, and completion of my miles.
I can hardly call it backpacking
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