Author: davidowriter

Trip Report: “This Trail Has Everything” (Allegheny Trail, Section 2 – Blackwater Falls SP to Durbin, West Virginia) (May 22-26, 2025) (73 miles)

********** The scene: Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” with Stefon Zelesky and Seth Meyers. Stefon Zelesky (in his soft, breathy voice): “New York’s hottest new nightclub is: Crease. The club promoter has gone all out. This place has everything: banjos, lights, stilts, ice sculptures, bear traps, screaming babies in Mozart wigs, carnival barkers, a cat from a... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “It’s Not Easy Being Green” or “Severance, Season 3—the Backpacking Version” (Green Ridge S.F. Thru-Hike, Flintstone, MD) (April 25-27, 2025) (40 miles)

PROLOGUE It was Friday night, and the Green Ridge State Forest frogs were having the party of the year. Nothing shouts “mating season” like the first warm, drizzly evening of springtime. The loud disco music kept the crowd hopping as they all chanted in unison along with their favorite tunes. The alcohol was flowing—most enjoyed... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “Douthat with Hot Springs? We DIDthat.” (Douthat State Park Thru-Hike + Jefferson Baths, Clifton Forge to Warm Springs, Va.) (February 28-March 2, 2025) (30 miles)

Hiking on a four-mile long “knife’s edge” trail on the top of a long mountain, with leaf-free winter views on both sides, I composed an outline of this Trip Report in my mind. Frankly, it was writing itself. We had backpacked from Clifton Forge, Va., north through Douthat State Park, to Warm Springs, Va. I... Continue Reading →

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Trip Report: “Octoberfest im Schwarzwald” (Black Forest Trail, PA) (Oct. 18-20, 2024) (42 Miles)

Everyone knows of the Black Forest Trail in north central Pennsylvania. Fewer people in the USA know of another “Black Forest” a lot further away—in Germany. Weirdly, the Germans call their Black Forest “Schwarzwald.” (I assume Pennsylvania beat Germany to the trademark rights to “Black Forest,” or Germany’s version is just a knockoff of Pennsylvania’s).... Continue Reading →

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