I attempted to use my GPS to write a track for the segment that I've unofficially named "Lane Spur." I got about half way to the ford when I aborted the task. The spur is in very bad condition about 3/4ths of a mile past the east stills for the Patterson Tract. I felt that withdraw and regrouping was the best way to go. I thought it was going to be easier, but I found something that I wasn't prepared for.
2015/05/24
Log 2015052401
I stayed at the St. Marys Motel at 216 3rd Street, St. Marys, West Virginia 26170 a couple nights ago and had a good stay. The owner was friendly and eager to help in any way he could. St. Marys is across the Ohio River from the unincorporated community of Newport in Washington County. Without checking, I'd say that that it's about 5 miles south of the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail on Bear Run Rd/ C25.
2015/05/21
Log 2015052101
- The news today is that westbound thru hikers on the North Country Trail just crossed over from the State of New York to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That puts them about 530 miles, or about 30 hiking days away from the Whipple Section - BT/ NCT.
- Whipple's current status is that about 6 of it's 13.89 miles of off-road are cleared, mostly thanks to members of the Trail Management Team of the Buckeye Trail Association to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. The trail is now free of obstructions from Pt. 02 (10/2010 map) to Pt. 03 - W @ Felter/ Chandler Road/ T381, as well as about 1 mile inside heading CCW from Pt. 06. And in the middle of Pt. 01 - S to 02, we have two hanging trees within about 100 yards of each other that are both in the middle of being cleared.
-I'm in town today buying antifreeze, eating restaurant food and charging batteries. I've been boondocking The Cramper since the 17th just off the trail. I just texted a relative it's location today. For my security, I won't tell you folks reading this now where it is until after I leave there. It's not a a good roadside camp anyways.
- Whipple's current status is that about 6 of it's 13.89 miles of off-road are cleared, mostly thanks to members of the Trail Management Team of the Buckeye Trail Association to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. The trail is now free of obstructions from Pt. 02 (10/2010 map) to Pt. 03 - W @ Felter/ Chandler Road/ T381, as well as about 1 mile inside heading CCW from Pt. 06. And in the middle of Pt. 01 - S to 02, we have two hanging trees within about 100 yards of each other that are both in the middle of being cleared.
-I'm in town today buying antifreeze, eating restaurant food and charging batteries. I've been boondocking The Cramper since the 17th just off the trail. I just texted a relative it's location today. For my security, I won't tell you folks reading this now where it is until after I leave there. It's not a a good roadside camp anyways.
2015/05/13
Log 2015051301
About economy lodging in the Whipple area. I've stayed at the Magnuson Hotel By The River in Marietta
and the hotel formerly known as the Magnuson Hotel By The Interstate.
The hotel in Marietta is more like a "motel" and the establishment in Williamstown, West Virginia is what most would expect from a hotel (having interior corridors), but a works in progress. Not to mention that they've changed brands recently. I've have yet to have any bad bugs with either, They're both inexpensive, they have continental breakfasts, but they're full of carbohydrates and hikers could use some fruit.
As the webmaster of the Ohio Transit Hikers Resource, I tend to be immersed in the logistics of getting hikers to and from the trail and amenities. Now, I have data on public parking areas, but as I know now, none of them are what I call "All Weather," which are plowed areas in the winter that are attached to a plowed road that are suitable for a front wheel drive (FWD) vehicle to get in and out of should the amount of snow along the Whipple Section ever exceed 3 inches.
But make no mistake about it, the Whipple Section can be snowshoed. I don't have a set of cross country skis, but maybe them as well, too.
and the hotel formerly known as the Magnuson Hotel By The Interstate.
The hotel in Marietta is more like a "motel" and the establishment in Williamstown, West Virginia is what most would expect from a hotel (having interior corridors), but a works in progress. Not to mention that they've changed brands recently. I've have yet to have any bad bugs with either, They're both inexpensive, they have continental breakfasts, but they're full of carbohydrates and hikers could use some fruit.
As the webmaster of the Ohio Transit Hikers Resource, I tend to be immersed in the logistics of getting hikers to and from the trail and amenities. Now, I have data on public parking areas, but as I know now, none of them are what I call "All Weather," which are plowed areas in the winter that are attached to a plowed road that are suitable for a front wheel drive (FWD) vehicle to get in and out of should the amount of snow along the Whipple Section ever exceed 3 inches.
But make no mistake about it, the Whipple Section can be snowshoed. I don't have a set of cross country skis, but maybe them as well, too.
2015/05/12
Log 2015051201
I attended to some appointments today in Marietta. Afterwards, I retrieved my bicycle's forward illumination. It was in a Rubbermaid box that I brought down from Painesville a couple weeks ago. There's three powerful lights to it and they're expensive. For a moment, I thought that I left them back in Painesville?
On the 14th, I have to leave for the BTA's "Trail Fest" in Maria Stein of Mercer County. It's looking like it's going to be a 5 hour ride. But my time at my current campsite, which is currently at Leith Run Recreation Area in the Wayne National Forest - Marietta Unit is up on the 13th. The days after are reserved, so I'll have to boon dock (camp without power) near the trail for a night near the trail. It's no problem because it gives me a chance to try my new manual powered winch on a snapped tree downtrail. And I can demonstrate to Buckeye and North Country Trail's how to do a proper roadside camp.
2015/05/09
Log 2015050901
This is a picture in the Hamilton Addition of the Pleasant County Library in St. Marys, West Virginia, USA.
2015/05/04
Log 2015050401
The weather band radio station for the The Wilderness Loop of the Buckeye Trail (Road Fork, Whipple and parts of the Belle Valley and Stockport Sections, North Country Trail partially concurrent) is WNG734 on 164.4 MHz (Ch. 1) from Marietta of Washington County and KZZ46 transmitting at 162.425 MHZ (Ch. 2) from Athens.
2015/05/02
2015/05/01
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