Log 2016021701

This is a look at the American Discovery Trail - West Virginia concurrent with the North Bend Rail Trail @ 39.210312, -81.513641 on Tuesday, February 16th, 2016.  As far as snow goes, this isn't the best that this area can do by any means.  But the area is approximately 20 miles south of the Whipple and about 40 miles SE of the Stockport Sections - Buckeye/ North Country Trail in SE Ohio.  With this picture being taken near the West Virginia University - Parkersburg, it goes to show that it does snow in SEO.

On the Whipple Section, most of the township roads had nearly solid sheets of hard packed snow.  My Chevy HHR couldn't make it traveling CW/ Wb couldn't make it up the section tallest on-road gain between Points 18 & 19 (10/2010 map & guide).  I was convinced to quit smoking once because of this hill.  It got about 20 feet from the top near Darrah Ridge Rd/ T10 before I had to back it down and "Austin Powers" it the other direction.  "Austin Powers" refers to the part in one of the movies when he had to turn a lengthy golf cart around in a narrow tunnel.  Sometimes, that's what it's like.

Log 2009122201

(This is transcribed log from a spiral bound notepad dated: December 22nd, 2009. At this point, I had only been active, day hiking the Buckeye Trail for the previous 53 days)

I am on a journey.  4am, I departed Painesville for Camp Asbury to continue on the Burton Section northbound.  There were places, because of snow, that I almost didn't make it up.

In Burton, I had traditional American cuisine @ Cogan's Restaurant.  28 miles later, I looped back on OH-700 but had doubts.  Water seeped in old boots on Mile 2.  So on Mile 17, new, unbroken-in boots were changed into.  I pulled into Hiram College to take a snooze.  The people there very kind.  3 miles to the car @ Asbury.  I'll have to muster everything that I have left just to make it.