Earning your wings

Ever wanted to be an angel? “Trail Angels” divine actions are legendary along the AT. Thru hikers have traditionally benefited from the grace of strangers, friends, family—intervening with company, snail mail, care packages, icy refreshing beverages. No obligations (we’re too proud to beg—except maybe when the food is running low and there’s 20 miles to the next supply point!), but anyone wanting to shower us (or just offer use of your shower, if you live anywhere nearby) with “trail magic” can do so at the following points, at approximately these times:

Leg 1: Gardner’s, PA; P.O. Box 17324 (June 9)
Leg 2: Pine Grove, PA; P.O. Box 17936 (June 16)
Leg 3:Delaware Water Gap; P.A., P.O. Box 18327 (June 23)
Leg 4: Unionville, NY, P.O. 10988 (around June 30/July 1; we’ll also be taking the train into NYC somewhere around this time).
Leg 5 Wingdale, NY, PO 12594 (NY/Connecticut state line; around July 6)
Leg 6: Tyringham, MA; P.O. 01264 (July 13)
Leg 7: North Adams, MA; P.O. 01247 (July 20)
Leg 8 Killington, VT; P.O. 05751 (July 27
Leg 9: Glencliff, NH; P.O. 03238 (August 1)
Leg 10: Gorham, NH, P.O. 03581(August 6)
Leg 11: Rangely, ME, P.O. 04970 August 13
Leg 12: (Monson ME, P.O 04464 (August 19)


Exact scheduling is tough; there’s no way to better than guess-timate how fast and far we’ll walk each leg, due to weather, disposition, real estate realities, etc.). However, we’re aiming for 100 miles per week—maybe a little faster in the flatter, more urban areas, once the pony and goat get our mountain legs; perhaps a little slower in the NE bit. We’ll try to let everyone know where we are (that’s a safety issue, too) and may rig up a GPS beacon so you can follow our progress in real time. Anyway, we WILL hit these points because we have to; they’re where my mom (guardian angel by default!) is mailing out provisions to!