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Funny side note to today's question. Apparently we have no idea what the tribe we claim to get the name "Appalachian" from was actually called. IIRC the account I read, the name only survived in a single document written in Spanish and was most likely provided by a different tribe long after the actual "Appalachian" tribe had died out. Being a translation of another dated translation and it's entirely likely is sounds bears little resemblance to the name the original would have called themselves…

Took a truly last minute 5 hour drive to Camden NY and were rewarded with about two minutes of totality.

from the path of totality in Camden NY. The clouds broke for about four minutes giving us a clear view.

Haha! We were on extension ladders and didn't notice the difference. Only heard about it from the homeowner who ran outside freaked out.

Quote from LIhikers: “I just read that there places declaring a state of emergency because of the eclipse...really people, what's up with that ? ” It makes perfect sense if you think about it, there are small out-of-the-way towns that are about to be inundated with more tourists in the towns but actual residents. Their roads, infrastructure, and stores simply aren't prepared for that kind of influx.

Quote from max.patch: “Apparently it's trendy to get married during the eclipse. As a believer in Murphy's Law... ” Does that mean they only have to remember their anniversary during future eclipse years?

Quote from rhjanes: “I missed it. Don't think I've seen it either. I looked at my AT Guide but must have misread it as I came up with "Northern Shenandoah", so picked HF/WV. I then looked at Pen Mar Park and the current AT Guide shows it at mile 1067 on a NOBO. ” Same here. My first thought was "How old is that sign that it's 137 miles off?!"

Quote from hikerboy: “Quote from Rasty: “@'hikerboy "Is one of those people". I don't know what that means but I fully support the statement. ” He must be referring to how I used my trust fund money to ruin the thru hiking experience for everyone. ” You should buy a hammock.

Another day of faking my stats... ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Mar 4, 2024 ⛺ My answer today was – CORRECT Total questions answered – 70 Total answers correct – 69 Percentage answers correct – 99% Longest correct streak – 68 hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

I mean, at this point, I thing "winnie the pooh" might be the right answer

Took a walk with the kids today and found this in our local woods.

Quote from odd man out: “An update: A scaley reptile just posted: ...While it is not exactly clear that it is official policy, please do not continue to suggest ways to "get around it" that are really just breaking the rules... Since I am the one most proficient at posting ways to "to get around" the rule, should I post my last good idea to get around the rule as a way to finally get permanent "secret double probation" from TOS? ” Hehe, I saw that. Funny enough, I've never really butted heads wi…

There is an interesting post on whiteblaze that I thought I'd bring up here. Several posters over a long span of time have reported that the local park office in Greyson Highlands has told them Wise Shelter is for thru hikers only. I haven't hiked that section yet, however after spending more time than I should have searching the internet, I not found any reference to such a rule rule on the Virginia DCR page, the ATC website, or in the ALDHA thru hikers companion. Have any of you heard anything…

Hey look! I just answered my "first" question ever! (I've mostly stopped posting my results because something in my browser settings keeps resetting the counter.) ⛰️ AT Question Of The Day – Feb 23, 2024 ⛺ My answer today was – CORRECT Total questions answered – 1 Total answers correct – 1 Percentage answers correct – 100% Longest correct streak – 1 hykeroo.com/atqotd #hykerooatqotd

Quote from IMScotty: “SAR sounded pretty pissed off on this one... boston.com/news/local-news/202…ngton/?p1=hp_featurestack ” Wow, just wow...

First decent snow in about three years...

Being the resident "youngin" I only just learned about how The Mamas and The Papas got back at the Ed Sullivan show for forcing them to lip sync. I also had no idea just how gorgeous Michelle Phillips was. youtube.com/shorts/zo_bDnpGZF8?si=D6GbEkeKWqOt2oyz Edit: Apparently I also no longer know how to embed youtube links on this site.

throwback...

We were up around 40° and sunny in Southern CT, even had the 4 and 6 year old at the playground for quite a while.

Quote from LIhikers: “Quote from Sarcasmtheelf: “Quote from LIhikers: “Anybody know a good way to cut pages out of the book? I need the section from Georgia to West Viginia, which is the front half of the book. There's also a few pages at the very back that I'd like to keep too. If at all possible I'd like the front half to stay bound together. Any suggestions? ” You may have seen me post this photo before, however my solution is to carefully cut the book down the binding to create multiple sect…