morvasaaty/AppalachianTrail-LD-Hikers-Blogs-and-Weather-20-years huggingface dataset:
Date: 2019-06-03
From: William Penn Shelter

To: Eagles Nest Shelter
Miles today: 19.2
Weather: scattered clouds

Tonight I am staying in my tent at Eagles Nest Shelter. No rain in the forecast and everything is all dried out. It is getting down to the mid 40's tonight and the tent is a little warmer then the shelters. Today's weather was perfect. Cool temp and the humidity was very low with a nice breeze blowing . It doesn't get any better then that.  It is 9 miles to Port Clinton. I get resupply and my new backpack. I want to leave early in the morning so I can get some food and a shower before Jinny gets into town with my pack. I am thinking of leaving by 5:30 . Depends on when I get up. If there aren't too many rocks, it should be a fairly easy walk. It is all down hill from here, but we will see tomorrow. One thing about the rocks is you can not look around. You have to stare down at your feet and out them in the right spot.  They have all kinds of rocks here, big rocks, small rocks, pointy rocks, that are all trying to trip you. That is all for now.
Date: 2019-06-04
From: Eagles Nest Shelter

To: Post Clinton Hotel
Miles today: 9.3

Tonight I stayed at a hotel in Hamburg, PA. Jinny came over with my new pack and resupply stuff. It took quite a while sorting and re-packing everything.  The first thing I did when I got into town was to go to the big M. I had a Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with cheese and three large sodas. When Jinny showed up I had 1 and 1/2 bagel with egg and pork roll, hostess Cup Cakes (box of 8), apples, peaches, and bananas. It is almost time for dinner so I stopped eating until we go out. It got quite cold last night, down into the low to mid 50's. I actually started the day off wearing my jacket, but that did not last long. Today's walk was just about all down hill going into town and it was 9 miles away. All that means is that tomorrow I start with a big up hill to get to the top of then ridge walking which should not be too bad if there are not many rocks, but this is PA so there will be rocks. It would be nice to go to one of the Amish places since we are here, but I don't know. All for today.
Date: 2019-06-05
From: Post Clinton Hotel

To: Allentown Shelter -5 miles
Miles today: 17.6

Tonight I am staying at a tent site 1,236.8 miles from Springer Mountain, which is 5 miles short of Allentown Shelter. I was too tired to go any further and I did get a bit of a late start this morning. The food was good in town yesterday except for Crapper Barrel. I will not go there again and Jinny brought a lot of nice snacks and fruit. I ate a whole box of Hostess Cup Cakes with my coffee this morning. It doesn't get any better than that. Walking today was a bit of a challenge. I started with a big up hill and it was up and down all day and of course I had rocks to deal with. Tomorrow looks fairly easy with a lot of ridge walking. I do have a bit of a time concern to deal with. I have to be in the town of Delaware Water Gap on Saturday while the Post Office is open. That means I have to cover 58 miles and be there before 11:30 when it closes. It looks like some long millage days coming my way. (So in 2.25 days he has to cover those miles). Well all for now. I want to get an early start tomorrow.
Date: 2019-06-06
From: Allentown Shelter -5 miles

To: Mile 1254.2 Day 81
Miles today: 17.5

Day 81I am staying in my tent at a camp area at mile 1254.2. The trail really kicked my butt today. There were so many rocks I was barley moving trying to get over them My plan was to get to the Outerbridge Shelter tonight. I just could not do it, and I have Lehigh Gap tomorrow morning which is famous for the rock pile I will have to climb. But it is all part of the AT. You can complain but you will still have to climb it. I am really going to have to do a longer walk tomorrow.  It is still like 40 miles to the Water Gap and I want to be there by Sunday morning (his plans changed because of the rocks and we are unable to ensure his package arrived at the post office by 11:30 on Saturday morning. When I called him Thursday to let him know of the problem he told me "I won't be there for Saturday morning either!" I told him he is just going to get a personal delivery on Sunday! FG seemed happy to hear that) Make sure you take a look at the photos for today and see the rock piles I had to go over and that is just a small portion of what I did. Well I guess that is enough complaining, time to go to sleep.
Date: 2019-06-07
From: Mile 1254.2 Day 81

To: Leroy A Smith Shelter
Miles today: 21.1

I stayed in my tent at the Leroy A. Smith Shelter tonight. At last I had a nice day of walking 21 miles. There was only the one big uphill and that was Lehigh Gap, see the photos of all the bolder piles I had to go over.  After that it was all pretty easy walking except for the small rocks sticking up out of the ground. All I have now is to climb wind gap then its all pretty flat and downhill. I couldn't see that much today walking through the green tunnel. When everything was brown I wanted a little green but now the brown wasn't so bad at least you could see what was around you. Well that is how it goes, you can not do anything about it, so you take what you get. it is still very nice and beautiful being out here. The weekend is coming up so there will be a lot of day hikers out, but there is nothing you can do about that either. It;s been a long day of walking so that is all for now.
Date: 2019-06-08
From: Leroy A Smith Shelter

To: Delaware Water Gap
Miles today: 20.1
Weather: overcast clouds

Well I made it into Delaware Water Gap today. I am glad there wasn't a package here today because I did not make it here before 11:30. There were so many rocks on the trail it really slowed me down. I am at the Presbyterian Church of the mountain sleeping in my tent.  The bunkhouse is small and really smells bad. I went into town for dinner and had my usual chicken Parm with a 42 oz bottle of 8.5% alcohol. A little too much for me right now. I did check out the bakery. They have some nice looking pies there, but no milk. I will have to see what I am going to do in the AM. I saw a nice looking strawberry Rhubarb pie with a quart of milk for breakfast tomorrow morning, I can not wait. Well Tomorrow I will be in NJ. Looking forward to getting out of PA and all of the rocks. Well that 42 oz of 8.5% alcohol beer is starting to get to me. So that will be all for tonight.
Date: 2019-06-09
From: Delaware Water Gap

To: MIle 1305.5 
Miles today: 10.1

I am sleeping tonight in a campsite at mile 1305.5. A nice little campsite but a little rocky. There is no water here but I am fine for today and tomorrow morning. The spring is 3.3 miles down the trail I will be find and dill up when I get there tomorrow. Well today was a good day. I got my resupply delivered by my wife, daughter, grandson, and his girlfriend-a real nice surprise! Since I stayed in Delaware Water Gap, PS, it was only a short walk to get to the park side in NJ. and what was really nice was that my grandson and girlfriend walked with me all the way to Sunfish Pond on top of the mountain. It was nice walking with someone you know but I still like walking alone. There is only like 62 miles left in NJ, so I should not be here very long. It was surprising how few rocks there are here compared to PA. It makes the walking go so much easier. Oh yes for breakfast today I went to the bakery and bought a whole strawberry Rhubarb pie and a quart of milk-breakfast of champions! Well going to bed, I want a longer walk tomorrow. (I only got to visit with FG for about 15 minutes. When we got there of course the usual hellos, then where is my box? Got him his box and he looked like a little kid on Christmas Morning opening it and packing it away and finding all of the little surprises we pack in there for him-fireball, peppermint schnapps, atomic fireball candies, and a few snicker bars. as soon as he got everything packed away, he put his pack on and said ok thanks for coming, I am going to take off! That is when we told him Jake and Sam were joining. His face lit up, he was very happy to hear that. Jake and Sam told me that FG talked just about the whole time they walked together about 5 miles! They were really surprised at his speed. Sam even mentioned that she almost had to run at one point. We are going to try to walk with him again next weekend when he hits Bear Mountain, NY. On our way home FG texted me "I think Mothra just landed on my tent! it was a huge dragon fly.)(Oh if you look closely at FG's shirt, you will the white lines, that is not a design they are sweat stains! he told me he didn't have time to wash his clothes. So states he has completed-Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and now Pennsylvania. LEFT TO GO-New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont (or Vermud for all of the mud on the trails), New Hampshire, and then Maine)
Date: 2019-06-10
From: MIle 1305.5 

To: Gren Anderson Shelter
Miles today: 21.3
Weather: clear sky

I am staying at the Gren Anderson Shelter. It has been raining all day and they are calling for rain through most of the night. Tomorrow is looking better but rain till 7 am. We will see. I hope everyone saw today's Asbury Park Press. If you didn't see it here is the link to see the article about the 71 year old hiker (Lisa put the link here https://amp.app.com/amp/1338061001?__twitter_impression=true ) from Stafford Township. A great article but a better subject matter. I should be beyond High Point tomorrow. I had the big uphill just before the shelter, so I am at the top now and walking should not be too bad tomorrow. I don't know what I will do tomorrow but it should be an easy walking. Only a few pictures today because of the weather.  The best is of a large frog sitting in the middle of the trail. All for now. ( I can attest to all of the rain, in the picture he sent me of his journal page his finger is all pruny! I just have to say I love the title of the article. "Appalachian Trail hiker from Stafford stares down bear, rarely showers and is delighted:)
Date: 2019-06-11
From: Gren Anderson Shelter

To: Secret Shelter
Miles today: 18.3
Weather: overcast clouds

Today I stayed in my tent at the Secret Shelter (I have to tell you this shelter he stayed in is in deed a secret! I can not find it on any of the interactive AT maps!), mile 1345.1. It's a nice shelter on a farm owned by a former through hiker. Well today was quite interesting. Two big events happened. The first was a problem with my phone. It would not charge and kept telling me that there was water in some component. I had the phone turned off for most of the day. I was finally able to put a charge into it around 3 in the afternoon. The second big event was a slip on a wet slippery rock. It is just that when I fell on one of my walking sticks and I put a 45 degree bend in it. While trying to straighten it out the walking stick broke. So now I am using a stick that is 8 inches shorter then the other. Don't worry though I didn't get hurt. There must have been over 100 of those bright orange salamanders on the trail today. I guess that is what all that rain did was to kill my phone and bring the salamanders out. Today was a beautiful to walk. Nice and cool and clear.  High Point was nice to see. Going to sleep.
Date: 2019-06-12
From: Secret Shelter

To: Waywanda Shelter
Miles today: 18.6

Day 87I am staying at Waywanda Shelter Just 4 miles from the NY boarder. It was a nice day for walking today weather wise, but there were a lot of ups and downs today which is always fun.I climbed the mountain by Vernon Valley which was a really big up. The weather was very nice today but it is going to rain tonight and n=most of tomorrow don't know what I am going to do. The boardwalk was nice. It was 0.9 miles of flat walking which I liked. Going to sleep (I spoke to FG today and asked about his hiking stick, if he needed us to send him a new one. He told me no, he is liking the shorter pole. He states it works better for going up on rocks. We will see how long that lasts.)
Date: 2019-06-13
From: Waywanda Shelter

To: Just shy of FIngerboard Shelter
Miles today: 15.9

Day 88I am staying at a tent site at mile 1379.6.. It is really just a sort of flat piece of ground near the trail. I wanted to get to Fingerboard Shelter but there were 2 problems.  First Walking, today was a real chore. It was raining all morning and there were a lot of large slippery rocks that I had to go over.  The rain really slowed me down. It was noon and I only went 10 miles after a 6 am start. But at 10 miles there was a nice ice cream store close to the trail, so I went there. While I was there the sun came out and it stopped raining.  That goes to show you always go for ice cream when you want a change in weather. The tent site is at Momborin High Point on top of a mountain. The second reason I did not go to Fingerboard Shelter is that there has been a bear terrorizing that shelter. It has stolen food hung in trees and broken into tents in that area. I am happy where I am. Well something to look forward to tomorrow. Jinny is coming up and we are going to stay at the Bear Mountain Lodge. I will be in a real bed, get a real shower, do laundry, and some real food. Can not wait. The rain today was steady rain that lasted all morning. I had my phone turned off most of the day because of the rain, so not many pictures. I had to take the picture of the NJ/NY boarder.  There were some really nice vistas with great scenery, if you could see if there was no rain. The Prichards Boardwalk was really nice yesterday. About a 1 mile long flat walk.  That is all for tonight.
Date: 2019-06-14
From: Just shy of FIngerboard Shelter

To: Bear Mountain Lodge
Miles today: 11.6

Day 89Tonight I am staying at the Bear Mountain Lodge, in a real bed, a real shower, and some real food, OH BOY! Jinny came up for a visit. Walking today was not easy. There were constant ups and downs with rocks through in just to make you happy. At least I got to walk DOWN Agony Grind! Which Agony Grind is a very long, bolder, and rock area that seems to last forever. I walked UP the Lemon Squeezer, which has a narrow opening between two large rock formations. At the end is a 12 foot rock wall that you have to climb with your pack on! Wasn't easy and a little scary, but I made it. Today I got as far as Arden Valley Road, tomorrow I will conquer Bear Mountain. Well maybe, depends on when I get moving in the morning. I saw two deer today with antlers.  i got pretty close, maybe 25 feet, see pictures. Well getting ready for dinner at a real restaurant. I haven't done that in quite a while . All I have to wear are my sort of clean clothes that I wear around the tent site.  So all for tonight.
Date: 2019-06-15
From: Bear Mountain Lodge

To: William Brien Memorial Shelter
Miles today: 4.2
Weather: clear sky

Day 90Tonight I am staying at the William Brien Memorial Shelter. It was only a short easy walk from where Jinny picked me up from yesterday, so I got here very early. I started walking today at 11 and got to the shelter by 1:30. Not too bad. I went to get up early tomorrow and cover a little more distance but lets see how that goes. I got real luck with my resupply box. It was sent to Bear Mountain Post Office, which is a satellite PO for a larger town and is only open till 11 am Mon-Fri. Of course I got there at 2 pm and it was locked up tight and would not open till Monday. I was standing around talking to someone about it when a car drives up. It was a person from the main PO who came here to get something from the small PO. I asked her if she could get my resupply box and she did. There was a power failure at the bit PO and they needed portable scanners which are at the small PO. It was amazing how that worked out. Today's walking was very easy, short and not very hilly. Tomorrow is Bear Mtn then through the zoo and over the bridge and then up the other side. It should be and interesting walk. All for today.
Date: 2019-06-16
To: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center
Miles today: 16.2

Day 91Today I stayed at the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center under a pavilion. It has been raining on and off all day and it is supposed to be raining tonight. I passed the 1,400 mile mark today which is 2/3 of the way. The walking was fairly easy today and the temp was nice and cool with a misty rain through large parts of the day.  I climbed Bear Mountain today. The tower at the top was closed, but I met a service person and started talking. He felt sorry for the through hikers and opened the tower for us to in and to the top (last year when Grumper climbed Bear Mountain with George, Roger and the guest hiker, Jake-the top of Bear Mountain was closed as well, so I am really glad Grumper got to see and go up the tower). It would have been a lot nicer on a clear day, but I am glad I was able to go up the tower. There is only 57 more miles left in NY, then on to Connecticut. That is about three days in NY. I am really getting excited now that the states are going by so quickly. Well that is all for tonight.
Date: 2019-06-17
From: Graymoor Spiritual Life Center

To: RPH Shelter
Miles today: 19.5
Weather: mist

Day 92I stayed at the RPH Shelter, a nice shelter but close to the road and lost of locals around. At least is it not the weekend. Another advantage of being close to the road is that you can order pizza and have it delivered to the shelter! I had a (are you ready for what he ordered????? it is very surprising!!)Chicken Parm Sandwich and a 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper. Walking today was not too bad just small ups and downs with flat spots in between. NY is almost done, just two more days and I will be in Connecticut. I am not sure how far Kent, Conn, is, but my next resupply box will be there, but I am moving along as best I can. Tomorrows walk doesn't look too bad on paper, but we will see what it is really like tomorrow. They are calling for rain the next 4 days so that will be fun. Well I am a little tired and still have stuff to do, so I am turning in.
Date: 2019-06-18
From: RPH Shelter

To: Telephone Pioneer Shelter
Miles today: 16.8

Day 93I stayed at Telephone Pioneer Shelter. After a day of walking in the rain all day it wasn't a lot of fun to get to a shelter that has a leaky roof. But that is what I got. It would have been an easy day of walking if there was no rain, but the rain made everything very slippery and the going was slow. Rain is in the forecast for the next 4-5 days. I hope it is not all day like I had today. No pictures today, I had my phone turned off all day. Later
Date: 2019-06-19
From: Telephone Pioneer Shelter

To: Schaghticoke Mt. Campsite
Miles today: 16.9

Day 94Well you can check another state off. I am in Connecticut now. I like these short states you move through them so quickly. Tonight I am staying in my tent at Schaghticoke Mt. Campsite. It is about 5 miles south of Mr. Algo Shelter, but I didn't want to go any further. I have to go into Kent, Conn tomorrow for my resupply box and I didn't want to get there too early. It is only about 5.5 miles to Kent. Well today was a surprise, there was no rain! There is a 50% chance for tonight. There were a lot of ups and downs today. The mountains are starting to get bigger. There were a few thousand foot climbs and of course the down hill side also. I say this huge oak tree.  it is called the Dover Oak. I don't think I have ever seen one that large. I did take a picture of it, but the sun was not in the right place. (The tree is the largest on the AT with a Girth of 20 feet 4 inches and is estimated to be over 300 years old) Well I think that will be all for today.
Date: 2019-06-20
From: Schaghticoke Mt. Campsite

To: Stewart Hollow Brook Shelter
Miles today: 12.6
Weather: overcast clouds

Day 95I got her at 1"30 but not going any further. I walked the 12.6 AT miles plus other miles into town to pick up my resupply box.  The outfitter in Kent closed and all the packages are being held at the post office, which is even further into town. At least I got into town early enough to stop and get breakfast. It was the first time I had Corned Beef Hash and eggs in a long time.  They don't have that down south. Well I am at Stewart Hollow Brook Shelter. I am the only one right now. I set up a clothes line to dry my tent and all the clothes I wore today. It wasn't really raining, but I was walking through a mist all day and when the wind blew, large drops fell from the trees. Any way I was totally wet. My next resupply is Dalton, Mass, 95 miles away. Jinny is bringing the Autostream up so we will be staying in that. I am really looking forward to that. Today's walk had a few big hills to climb and one really steep bolder filled down hill.  That scared me pretty good coming down with everything wet. That is all.
Date: 2019-06-21
From: Stewart Hollow Brook Shelter

To: .5 south of Limestone Spring Shelter 
Miles today: 20.6

Day 96I am staying at a tent site about 0.5 miles south of Limestone Spring Shelter. I was going to go to the shelter but it is over a half mile off of the AT. I am not going that far off trail. My little site is just fine. I covered over 20 miles today, but it was not easy. It was just one hill after another. They weren't real big hills but there were a lot of them with no flat on top or the bottom of the hills. I am right on the top of Mt. Prospect. Nice view and a nice breeze blowing. I started walking at 5 this morning and it started raining at 5:30. I had a steady rain all day until about 2:30, when it finally stopped. The next couple of days the weather is going to be nice with no rain. Today was a big day for me.  I passed the point , Housatanic Falls, where I section hiked with Roger and George. It is all new territory for me now. I have another milestone coming up tomorrow, but you will have to wait. Well I am going to have a snack then turn in for the night.
Date: 2019-06-22
From: .5 south of Limestone Spring Shelter 

To: Mt Everett
Miles today: 17.0

Day 97Tonight I am staying at a camp site on top of Mt. Everett. It is a small site room for only one tent and I am here. It was a brutal climb to get here. Why are the tough climbs at the end of the day?The two big events of the day are.......I passed the 1,500 mile mark! and you can check another state off. I left Connecticut and am now in Massachusetts! There was not a sign or anything saying You are now in Mass, but here I am! Walking all day today was pretty tough. The mountains are definitely getting bigger and they seem much closer together. So you go up and down and up and down. We will see if the same thing hold tomorrow. I am now 57.4 miles away from my resupply in Dalton, MA , which is 3 days walking. I hope that Jinny gets the trailer and camp site straightened out. If not there are stores in Dalton I can pick up a few resupply items to last me a few more days.  That is all for today. (Also the picture I chose for today is of Forest Grumper sitting at the plaque on top of Bear Mountain, Conn. This is the highest point on the AT in Con at 2,316 ft. If you look at today's pictures you will see an interesting picture of his camp site on top of Mt. Everett.)