Botanical Hiker Blog

I've been enjoying following along as the Botanical Hiker thru-hikes the Finger Lakes Trail and all its side trails.  She recently wrote up a great post about the Crystal Hills Trail, which is the northernmost section of the Great Eastern Trail.

Check out her blog and follow along!

Slideshow

Hi friends!  I've finally put together a slideshow about the places we saw on the hike.  Enjoy! 

-Jo

Heading home

No we didn't walk back! Three wonderful people helped get us home. Pat Monahan from NY(no not the city) took us to Duncannon PA where we ate lunch at the famous Doyle Hotel with(thanks for lunch) Pete Fleszar who traveled us to Morgantown WV(not before dumping us out of his convertible to hike a section of the GET West Route) (glad he thought it was a good idea) to Peggy Pings where we indulged in burgers, salad and potatoes before leaving to the Center Of The Universe!(My back porch Mullens WV!) sorry no squirrel gravy Peggy was walkin not huntin this year!

Northern Terminus

We made it! Posing at the northern terminus of the GET. Thanks to all that helped along the way- trail volunteers (trails don't build themselves )- people who followed us on our blog and our feet, backs, legs and other body parts for putting up with our constant abuse.
Stay tuned for further updated pics, wit and wisdom now that we will be around computers.
HillBillyBart & Someday

End of a journey

Lots of views and cool trail people gave us a nice warm hug to end our journey!

Final lunch

Our last lunch alone. Fitting!

4 miles left

4 miles to go WhewHooo! I hope there are fire trucks and jugglers on unicycles awaiting us!

Huff and Puff

An appropriate trail name for todays start of our end journey!

1 barn, 2 non-barns

Pat out with us today hiking through fields covered atop clouds of bliss.
HillBillyBart

2 barns, 1 non-barn

Today was a hikers delight on the Crystal Hills Trail.
HillBillBart

Crystal waters on Crystal Hills

Pat Monahan hiked 15.1 of our 21.1 mile day. His dogs hiked 30 miles! Could not ask for better company. They have a wonderful trail with lots of years putting it together.-HBB

Crystal Hills Trail views

Our first day and night in NY on the Crystal Hills Trail! Barns and fires luckily not one and the same.
HillBillyBart

Our last border!

We made it to NY! Thanks to all our PA friends that make trails and adventures like ours happen.