morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2015-03-28
From: Ducking into Greasey Creek 

To: Porch View of Greasey Creek (Here's Your Sign)
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: scattered clouds

A zero, I surmise. I am not surprised. Did enjoy exchanging quite a few texts with the Duo. I hope the guests at the hostel don't wake the neighbor (har har).From what I understand, the neighbors actively discourage AT hikers from finding the Hostel, and enjoying their stay. They even "Post" false signs to steer people away... Maybe just trying to help....Maybe I'll write a story about it....=========================Maybe not.=========================Hey... if you do see the Dude on the trail, wish him well... and ask him why he cut his hair and shed the sweater.... we'll knit him a new one....happy trails.If I get flustered from something on this narrow path... i'll just bite my lip... and hike on....
Date: 2015-03-29
From: Porch View of Greasey Creek

To: Overmountain (Barn) Shelter
Miles today: 17.4

On the trail at 0830... on the way to Roan High Knob.... Must be an early afternoon garden party happening, the GPS beacon is stationary at the site of the old Cloudland Hotel, by the improved parking area. I wonder how the Rhododendrons look this time of year? I'll monitor the local police scanner to see if the gathering gets out of control....Late edit.... hiked till 7:30pm... made it to the Overmountain Barn Shelter....
Date: 2015-03-30
From: Overmountain (Barn) Shelter

To: Mountain Harbour Hostel
Miles today: 10.3

Uh Oh... kids off the trail and camping right beside a Famous B&B. Probably sniping the WIFI if they camped close enough. That could mean I'm in trouble and they're reading this...I'd better get back to editing.... unless..we've all been hoodwinked and this is just an excuse to go B&B Hopping....durn kids...
Date: 2015-03-31
From: Mountain Harbour Hostel

To: MoreLand than Actual Distance
Miles today: 12.2
Weather: clear sky

The kids enjoyed their stay last night and dinner with Rman&Princess I'm sure. I have my sources....I have an inkling that there are family Angels or other forces at work here in the field support group. I did some digging into the Dude's background and came across this....Pink Socks.... I knew it.....!Can't wait to Meet the Lebowski's..."I got my eye on you... ==== Trekker..."lolThis leg of the trip is most confusing... trail unmarked on google, hooks around for miles coming around to just about where you started, geographically. I thought they were lost, but I had my eye on them...
Date: 2015-04-01
From: Middle of Charles' Fort

To: Fortean Town Limits and Enjoying the Exercise
Miles today: 0.0

We'll catch up with the kids a bit later... I was scanning the local news and winced at the following broadcast¢¦.this post is offered as a public service announcement... pardon me if my transcription is a bit loose... I was in a hurry to get this one out...======================================Local Weather Forecast for today and into tomorrow ¢ partly sunny with low temperatures in the mid-30¢s¢¦ Don¢t put your winter clothes away just yet, it could still be a bit nippy at higher elevations. Winter's Second Wind is expected late Wednesday evening... if you're Lucky enough to be out on the trail but happen to be caught with eyes avoiding a chilly gale, our advice is to take cover.In Local News -- The Erwin Chapter of ¢Duck Watchers and Ergo-Enviro Bare Society¢ are crying foul today, alleging that fundraising flyers were being removed along the Appalachian Trail as fast as they were put up. Co-founder, Jenny Postholier from the hiker awareness chapter stated that the National AT Conservancy group was initially enthused with the project, but left DWEEBS hanging on the long-awaited debut of Bear Nekkid Trekking Day. ¢They left us without meaningful support,¢ she said."We knew there would be surprise and some public snubbing with the preview event on the east coast, ...it took several years for hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail to accept the practice of semi-clothed hiking." They chose the first day of April to kick off the spring season, to align with activities on the left coast. Jenny, John, Gale and Seigh (of Relief.org) are trying to salvage the fundraiser by setting up a stripped-down Chili-Cookoff station atop Roan Mountain Knob today instead. "It¢s all about community spirit, ¢¦ any help the public could give by covering our work would be appreciated."Staff writers at the Roanoke Herald think adequate coverage is a probably a good idea.Good Sports will be with you in a moment¢¦..======================================Wife insisted that date of this post be obvious...01APR2015 ...and if you're like her, it may require a second reading....Also it was pointed out to me that the "acutal" day for "Lookout Ehtel" hiking is June 21 on the solstice... but I wouldn't go googling too much on the subject if I were you...=============......unfortunately I already did......
Date: 2015-04-01
From: Moreland Gap Shelter

To: Watauga Lake Shelter 
Miles today: 16.8

Watching the kids trek back and forth was comical on GPS... no hint of the trail on gobble maps, just back and forth... At least I got a picture from the road...and a quick text...I'm grateful... "Most beautiful day of hiking today"and now I'm a weeee bit jealous... in a good way...
Date: 2015-04-02
From: Watauga Lake Shelter 

To: Middle of Cow Pasture
Miles today: 40.0
Weather: overcast clouds

Kids made good progress today... all I could surmise for location was the last beam me up from GPS... At the famous walk-over cattle crossing that I see around the net. No Bull. I hope.Anyway, I've been prepping USPS boxes, turned my basement into a dry goods storage cabinet and tried to hide the receipts from the wife. Not going so well with the latter. But I did find the ultimate Dude Food. I know it's only noodles... but you gotta love the resemblance.... late edit... dam GPS quit in a cow pasture.... dam kids walked in the moomlight all the dam way to damascus last night... that's a 40 mile stretch ... in one dam day. sorry the n is stuck on my keyboard....
Date: 2015-04-12
From: Damascus

To: Near Bland... but more Adventurous....
Miles today: 100.0
Weather: broken clouds

Daily mileage is not the real concern for me or my kids. I did catch up with the duo in Damascus, late last Friday on my way to Texas.... we ate Mexican Food and I spied pink socks on the Dude... They looked good on him.A week later....I got back from visiting my dad near Austin. Fishing was probably not the priority. Reclining together in a EZ boy room together snoring in harmony was the best part. We snore alike.Best to let us tool around and reflect on the local eateries and such. Taking less steps than more. We did get to Luckenbach Texas, where "Everybody's Somebody...." and my dad is so much more....I'll probably write a song about it... but not now.... enough about me... and my Dad... but I am a Dad... back to the kids on the trail...I hand-carried a care package to the Bates Motel on Route 11 on my way to Texas for the kids in Atkins...I pondered the Barn Restaraunt or shower scenes instead... the kids didn't get the joke and stayed there anyways.... too young for most of my jokes...What they did understand in their nieve culture and less-learned ways...was the Jack Daniels pocket-flask I included for antiseptic purposes... in case anyone got hurt. What was I thinking...?no wonder we haven't heard from them in a while.GPS is going wonky... side to side....not my fault.Next time I'll just pack Bentene....Send the kids to school, and all they do is eat the glue....?sitting here staring at the GPS on Sunday....It's gonna be a long Monday........enjoy....
Date: 2015-04-15
From: Long of Spoon

To: Short of Fork 
Miles today: 0.0

Anyways.I've not kept up for a while with the log.The kids kept up with the miles....No Pics significant...Except a Morrel Mushroommushroom...memeI'm in the dark too cept for GPS... that goes on and off....Welcome to My Celium.I feel like the average voter... just winging it with no real, truthful information....Hill arious... without useful information... you have to watch where you strike with hardened creativity... I'm reminded to be careful with that axe eugene...
Date: 2015-05-07
From: Short of Fork 

To: Skyline Drive
Miles today: 0.0

Kids keeping us busy shuttling (they think they're close to home)betwixt 33 and 211 for the next day or so.around 925 or so...close for them is a 1/2 tank of gas...and 5 hrs out of my day so they can sleep in a bed at night...I guess I just opened a dedicated B&B
Date: 2015-05-15
From: Ferris Bueller's Days Off and On

To: John Brown Militia Territory
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: light rain

The kids will take the pic todayat the ATC (Logged in at AT-15 #49/#50 I think)then skip the rocks and suchto New YorkPittyThey have to finish by early July...sothey opt out where boots go to die...dead man's boots... the kids don't have to walk in the old man's shoes...
Date: 2015-05-22
From: Kent Conneticut... Italian Restaraunt....

To: Hotel with Hair Back Ammenities
Miles today: 818.0

Miles adjusted to accommodate the skip/flop of PA, since Bear Mountain. anywhoooo....I thought the kids were spending too much time at churches on and by the way... I thought that they were getting married... but alas...they were just getting sick...Chalk it off to Cosmik DebrisPardon -- while we all wipe the Aluminum/Barium/Strontium dust from the hat of the old whazoo....
Date: 2015-05-25
From: Hotel with Hair Back Ammenities

To: MassChu
Miles today: 0.0
Weather: broken clouds

So the kids got sick on the trail at Kent at an Italian food place. Puking and wanting to hurl their stuff to get off the trail.but insteadthey just abandoned their gear and stumbled back into town to get well.A day or two later... still felling sick from Kent Trails... they opted for a hostel.Probably Bearded Woods.. I can't tell. Too close to shave.I hear they feel better but not perfect. They're plugging away to finish Connecticut... and so... kids currently progressing through the meat of Salisbury ... Blue skies, mostly. Everything is looking up... I heard that the Dude borrowed a Guitar and a Hat... to cheer up the Girly... it went something like this....
Date: 2015-05-26
From: cOnNEtICuT.. sheesh

To: Mass 
Miles today: 0.0

Nearing the Border Run Forrest... Run...Zombies and Trouser Bomb pants...a fake minstrel for you... get out while you can...for those with an ear for truth in music... Nothing but a Green Tamborine... "Lyricist Shelley Pinz wrote the words to this song after reading a newspaper article about an elder UK street musician who used a tambourine to collect money as he performed in front of a bank. Follow the money... just look at the donations...in Mass of Hysteria....google the trouser bombs... series...much better than comedy central....
Date: 2015-05-27
From: Too Close to Sandy Hook

To: Great Barrington
Miles today: 0.0

Kids resupplied in Great Barrington.I don't know if they had the right underwear at the outfitter.Some say the right pair is important.Don't ask me.I only wear one at a time....Nice to be in the audience... a Minstrel in the Gallery... you might assume...
Date: 2015-05-29
From: Great Barrington

To: Massive Dull Town
Miles today: 103.0

So the duo were whipped up in a superstorm... Twisted, you might say...They crossed his path ... anyway...this is where the story gets weird. Because I'm telling it.Matter and quarks... wormholes and anti-matter...Blotz Road ain't what matters most...There are the Blueberry Cookies not picked up at the last way.Stop.Cookie Lady on Mountain road... Nobody home.But the Little monkeys... keep straying from the path... on the loose....in Mass....They keep playing in the woods... with nobody to tell them what to doo..... I hear that chumps took over outside the trail...it's a conspiracy, I tell, ya...If you think monkeys haven't taken over outside the playground of the Appalachian Trail... think thrice...Ask Naomi....analogy... with a bandana to peel....just substitute the trail with some mental constitution... Critical, I'm thinking...
Date: 2015-06-07
From: It's all Relative at the Moment....

To: Breakfast and Bed... KillingTime in VT
Miles today: 130.0
Weather: broken clouds

Kids sitting at around 1700 miles or so... looking back....Camping out in a place with a private kitchen. Guacamolios and Berry Margarittas in the morn... no snoring or tents or pyros to silently scorn....no better way to take a zero or two.I mentioned before... I really need to consider the stops for what they are...durn kids are on a B&B tour with the AT back drop as a cover....nothing but sweat and intentional steps to repeat once or thrice...A break from the long jaunt and journey is the gift of dipping dirty shorts in a cool, quiet lake... squeezing gently the body-spent miles from well-earned laundry... not so different from life... if you live it real...with...A slow and quiet time for breakfast... to consider the pause a temporary Riviera Paradise... I feel better now... the kids are heading towards the free state...and away from others that are clouded by oppressive memes... Really don't mind if you sit this one out.My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT.I may make you feel but I can't make you think.Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink.So you ride yourselves over the fields andYou make all your animal deals andYour wise men don't know how it feelsTo be thick as a brick.And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away inThe tidal destructionThe moral melee.The elastic retreat rings the close of playAs the last wave uncoversThe newfangled way.But your new shoes are worn at the heels andYour suntan does rapidly peel andYour wise men don't know how it feelsTo be thick as a brick.And the love that I feel, is so far awayI'm a bad dream that I just had today and youShake your head andSay it's¢¦
Date: 2015-06-08
From: Breakfast and Bed... KillingTime in VT

To: Toward the Free State
Miles today: 35.6
Weather: scattered clouds

The kids are exiting Vermont Shortly... heading toward a "free" state...Current info indicates Podunk or camping on a Happy Hill. Call it 1740 or so (daily miles not correct... but the current is close... and they took a zero a day or so ago).Vermont was good to them. All along too in others, without fail. The people were nice throughout the northern colonies... as Americans are typically as individuals...as a State of electorial mind for the zeros in charge, in some states... however... Here's something Dedicated to new joke city, and status including but not limited to... the Mass (es) and those to Connect (icut) for some dots... the past is prescient..... let's just leave it at this...(best if you press play for both at the same time)The joke in the city... is playing you...
Date: 2015-06-10
From: Toward the Free State

To: Dartmouth Camping
Miles today: 7.5

Sent winter gear ahead and some more hot sauce (with refried beans) after a eureka (help!) email from the duo. Heading for mountains of white, where it might get cold at night.No pics... just a sense that they're walking a little lighter in the Free State.You might have known this tribute was all queued up....
Date: 2015-06-11
From: Dartmouth Camping

To: South Jacob's Creek
Miles today: 27.3
Weather: broken clouds

Waiting for the kids to check in.I'll bet the view is good from the mountains of NH. The evidence shows that the daily miles were near 30.... hard to believe. But I don't ignore the evidence. For eyes that can see... Here's the current view from Jackson (link to web cams in the area).Link ... click here for current views ...Letting clarity settle in for the vision quest....Better to be out surfing the front in NH rather than caught up in fog of it from previous storms...Speaking of Un and un-believable ...Here's some reflexive music to spat
Date: 2015-06-12
From: South Jacob's Creek

To: Welcome Hiker 
Miles today: 15.0
Weather: light rain

Pics are coming. yeah right..Kids are welcome at a Hiker's pair of dice.Here's an older trail photo of a prick (ly) in the hiding..The kids are heading for the whites, presidential, mind you...Couldn't find a decent song about dead presidents, so I picked on English royalty...here's a lick or two... from Sir David Gilmore.... the man aged like wine....Don't ask when or why the title became him... Actually, Gilmore fell short of knighthood status... he's only a CBE... Commander of the British Empire... pardon my Floydian slip....
Date: 2015-06-13
From: Welcome Hiker 

To: Eliza Brook
Miles today: 21.9
Weather: few clouds

The Duo hiked a couple pointed up and downs... now poised at the foot of Kinsman.... Looks like it was a good day for hiking. They don't stay at shelters much, but it looks like they were close enough to hear some sawing logs at midnight near a rambling Eliza Brook...A song for two with cover....
Date: 2015-06-14
From: Eliza Brook

To: Misty Mountain Hop then Resupply in Lincoln
Miles today: 9.0
Weather: overcast clouds

Early post... just got a pic from Girly and posted it quick.... I'll fill actual in mileage or something near...(9)When they wake up in the morning... they don't always wait for the mist to clear....Here's to Misty Mountain Hops...Cheers! If you close your eyes and imagine a steep methodic climb down over the rocks... it's almost a mental song and dance in your head that sounds like this?....
Date: 2015-06-15
From: Misty Mountain Hop then Resupply in Lincoln

To: To the Pokey
Miles today: 9.0

So now... I get another pic without explanation, just "Hi Dad, I'm Riding in a Cop Car"...from Lincoln, New Hampshire. I take it that it was raining so they had too much time on their hands walking around town early in the day... Something happened...?There's White, Blue, Yellow, Red, Brown, Aqua... and ClownRainbow Blazing available to all Trail Hounds.My daughter picks the Blue-Light Sirens Blazing downtown.Makes me proud...kinda...A selfie from the back of a po po paddy wagon....no word on Mr. Broonzy Bail Bond... the Yeti-DudeSo much for the "I'm Free" anthem.Here's one for the clinker...Just kidding... I'm sure the Dude is just fine. Probably hiding in the trunk. Playing with the Tazer. Probably humming a song, wishing it wasn't raining.....Sending the big bailout bill to the Broonzy Dude.... Late edit for those concerned... they made it to shelter somewhere around Mt. Garfield, near the pond, I just learned. Gonna rain tomorrow, stranded on the ridge I dare say. As for entertainment ... I 'spose there ain't nothing for betrothed to do for the day...I'll bet the Dude wishes he hadn't given up his Dobro for lent. From what I hear they don't pack a full deck of cards, just a game of WWJD, they "borrowed" from their last stay at the Abbey, near Kent.Bored games... sheesh.
Date: 2015-06-16
From: From the Pokey

To: Crawford Notch, Foot of Presidentials
Miles today: 18.5

Weatherman lied. I watched the Radar Screen and the storms didn't hit until late afternoon.... looked like the kids got off some big mountains in time for a squall... through Zealand... still made it to 302 by evening. Though they're probably soaked for the big set of rock-top mountains in front of them, the weather looks great from here.Hopefully views from the Observation Deck (Mt. Wash) won't look like this tomorrow. Here's to Blue Skies for the next leg of the Whites.
Date: 2015-06-17
From: Crawford Notch, Foot of Presidentials

To: Madison Spring Hut
Miles today: 18.2
Weather: overcast clouds

Walking carefully among great ones...a day's work behindWebsterJacksonPierceEisenhowerFranklinMonroeWashingtonJeffersonAdams...Madison Hut.Trying not to fall face first into a Bushand staying away from the edge so not to fall into O Byss.Now tuckered and bunked with rose feet that may scream...This beautiful trek of 18.2 will burn in their memories like a Sunshine Daydream...
Date: 2015-06-18
From: Madison Spring Hut

To: BubbleGum Waters, PinkHam Gap
Miles today: 7.98

So the daughter has holes in her new Merrells,shoes only weeks of gripping... mere dearthDuct Tape is again her ultimate saviour deux joursOn the linear 4D Trek (2180 miles) of Flat Earth.Letting in waterOne (&$?!!) Rock and slice of Mud at a Time.....Stayin at the "Barn" tonight tired, they said on the last -ET phoning home.Gorham is now where they stay but they indeed tent to roam...They'll inhale more Dew on the trail at first light Fresh Dew is worth more than fresh footwear, in the land of Mocking Morass...with no real home to go ...when beyond Katahdin's last stare ...home is where you next plant your sore ass..
Date: 2015-06-20
From: Wild Cat Ridge and Carter Gap Hut

To: Trident Pass
Miles today: 23.0
Weather: overcast clouds

Kids have a little rhythm going...Up at 0430 on the trail in the dark at Carter Dome by good lightPassing Moriah by noonThey're Truckin' Today...Space TruckinThey'd better hurry though...I run out of music soon
Date: 2015-06-21
From: Trident Pass

To: Slipping and Slogging in Maine with a Full Goose
Miles today: 14.0
Weather: clear sky

Good time to be off the trail today.It's wetand there's a chance of a full moon and blast from the sun peeking throughGirly called early this morning to wish me a Happy Father's day from her tent.She said,..."there's a card in your Fly-Tying book above your desk..."Made out a month ago.... and hidden.I said, "You got to be Kiddn'..."so there might be a flare up, other than kilts and thingthongs amiss...anywhoo, the girly...She's low on Duct tape for her shoesand I offered to mail some...just the sameShe said that she has a pair waiting in Andover...MaineI bid her good trails, and as promised, cliche...I said I'd keep my clothes on, If I chose to play trail angel today...
Date: 2015-06-22
From: Slipping and Slogging in Maine with a Full Goose

To: Rt 26 Grafton Notch and to Bethel
Miles today: 10.0
Weather: broken clouds

Looked like rain from here.Kids clambered and hacked poles at the Old Speck until he was behind them.Then hitched to Bethel hemto find wraps for the dead shoes.shroud of terrain...for the soul....Hardest mile on the trail, made worse by the rain, I'm told (she called)I can imagine.That's what I do best....The kids keep stomping it out.....Bron-Yr-Aur Own Damn Stomp... I say....only slightly in jest...
Date: 2015-06-23
From: Rt 26 Grafton Notch and to Bethel

To: Well Past Andover Road... a C-Pond ering at Least
Miles today: 11.0
Weather: overcast clouds

Took a while to get back to Grafton Notch from Bethel where they slep.t Rain came and went. 'Den it be Rain'in Again...Got to trekkin again at 10:30. Motivated by early July extraction... they livened up the step...still moving at sunset time... can't blame them for Livin' and Steppin'But apparently can't miss an appointment for hair...Here's to 'dem dreadlocks from tustle of sleeping bag snare....The Dude has talent..."Lively Up Yourself"One braid at a timePassed Andover Road... not many crossings leftor plants of the pole .Only one real last hill to climb...