New Straitsville Section - Buckeye/ North Country/ American Discovery Trail was my 21st completed section of the Buckeye. About one day later, I finished the Old Man's Cave Section as my 22nd. Currently, I'm in the Scioto Trail Section and I have as far as Pt. 6 done. Basecamp E was set up at the Tar Hollow SP main campground.
Portions of Scioto Trail Pts. 2 - 5 were closed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Considering that my basecamp was in the electric camp ground and the only spur trail to the BT/ NCT/ ADT was included in the trail closures, also take in to account that when I arrived and started hiking said section, a trail alert had not been issued by the Buckeye Trail Association (BTA) at the time, so I performed a legal by-pass around said area at my discretion and claimed it as credit toward the BTA's Circuit Hike Patch.
I also made a by-passes on the New Straitsville Section between Points 14 - 15 and 23 - 24. They were due to not being able to find a trail aperture and the other was because of overgrowth.
The clip that holds my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is made by Otter Box. This is the second belt clip that I've owned in the last 9 months and as of two days ago, I've managed to snap the securing tab on the replacement unit. I'm not happy with the performance of that plate.
I purchased a waist pack hoping that I could modify it so that it's belt could be set to loop through mounts on my slack pack's shoulder straps and transport it over my sternum. But I determined that I would have to sew the mesh on the waist pack strap in place and I didn't want to do that right now. So, I just wear it on my hip and it doesn't get in the way of my range of motion when I'm hiking. It's good for maps and the smartphone.
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