Stupids on the AT
Where: Appalachian Trail, Great Barrington MA When : 9/11-12, 2021 With : The Stupids (Chip, David, Xeth) Chip began lobbying last spring for a Stupids hike in early summer, with a vague thought of finding a trail in the Catskills. His back & neck required surgery however, and the hike was pushed out to September. The Catskills was still being considered as a destination, in part to save Xeth some driving and also because it was someplace new. The more we looked into it though, the more issues arose. Long drives for the rest of us, long walks on tough trails to get to a campsite, and bears. Lots of reports of bears. So we shifted our focus to a spot midway between Xeth and the rest of us, which turned out to be around the NY/CT/MA border in southwestern MA. We'd hiked in the area a couple of times before, along the South Taconic Trail, and enjoyed it. Both Chip & I had been in the area recently...me in 2020, hiking to the tri-state border marker, and Chip visiting and hikin...