I hiked into MAHAA on the AT from Caledonia state park. It was absolutely beautiful. A little rain on Wednesday night as I pushed into Quarry Gap Shelter campsite just before dark. I took a short video
The second night I stayed at Tom's Run Shelter campground. This was my best sleep ever while camping/backpacking. After putting in 15 miles on the trail and a good dinner I slept for 10 hours! My normal is 6 to 7. https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...p1000172_1.jpg
That looked like a nice way to get to MAHHA; not a bad looking muffin either!
04-30-2013, 17:15
georgecarr
See, this is the great thing about these forums. I never saw anyone use their poles as a tarp spreader like that before. This is only my second season hanging and I can't wait to try that out. Thanks doogie!
04-30-2013, 17:28
OldRagFreeze
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Originally Posted by georgecarr
See, this is the great thing about these forums. I never saw anyone use their poles as a tarp spreader like that before. This is only my second season hanging and I can't wait to try that out. Thanks doogie!
Slick isn't it? I've seen that in other posts of his.
Doogie - Looks like a blast. That shelter is over the top... Did it have a stocked fridge too? :eek:
04-30-2013, 17:38
SilvrSurfr
I had lunch at that shelter on my pre-hike to Spring MAHHA last year. I must admit, I was quite impressed. I have never seen such a well-maintained shelter anywhere on the AT. The flowers and the diverted water source are quite a nice touch.
04-30-2013, 19:42
doogie
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Originally Posted by OldRagFreeze
Slick isn't it? I've seen that in other posts of his.
Doogie - Looks like a blast. That shelter is over the top... Did it have a stocked fridge too? :eek:
No, but there was a deck of cards and a chess set!
05-01-2013, 01:42
Bruciehi5
Thanks for the Super Fly tarp pullout idea! I haven’t seen anyone use walking polls to pull-out the pull-outs before, very good idea! Seems to work well too. Thanks for the video too, it looked like a very quiet and peaceful camp place!
05-01-2013, 07:03
OldRagFreeze
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Originally Posted by doogie
No, but there was a deck of cards and a chess set!
Wow that is awesome. Is it a particularly remote shelter? Seems to me that place would get run down in a second by kids looking for a place to party. That's a hobo palace!
05-01-2013, 07:10
2Questions
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Originally Posted by OldRagFreeze
Wow that is awesome. Is it a particularly remote shelter? Seems to me that place would get run down in a second by kids looking for a place to party. That's a hobo palace!
There is a caretaker that checks on the place regularly.
Donna
05-01-2013, 07:14
doogie
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Originally Posted by OldRagFreeze
Wow that is awesome. Is it a particularly remote shelter? Seems to me that place would get run down in a second by kids looking for a place to party. That's a hobo palace!
From what I've heard the innkeeper visits about every other day. I had the place to myself. It is about 2.5 miles from a park nearby with a several hundred foot climb although there were some dirt roads that may have been closer and not gated.
Something else interesting I heard about the shelter; while they were building it they had buckets at the nearest access point next to a large pile of gravel with a sign asking each hiker to carry up a bucked full.
That was my recharge outing....this weekend it's back to camping in a park with a troop full including the newly crossed over scouts (11 year old). On the bright side I checked out the camp area and there are plenty of good trees so I won't have to pack the stand.:)