Left Hot Springs, NC, "carrying (must have been) 50-60 pounds" of new food and my gear after a Henderson Court Motel stay. The date was 26th of June, 1974 and a Wednesday.
Crossed Allen Gap:
where the State Line Service Station and Cafe was found. We had ice cream (great).
Google Earth Pro gives you aerial photography of the area back to 1985 but the earlier stuff has a crude resolution.
There is a road no simple highway
between the dawn and the dark of night
and if you go
no one may follow
that path is for your steps alone
The lyrics to “Ripple” were written by Robert Hunter, with music composed by Jerry Garcia.
Full lyrics below:
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
You, who choose to lead, must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
La dee da da da
La da da da da
Da da da, da da, da da da da da
La da da da
La da da, da da
La da da da
La da, da da
This was my go-to book on camping gear. Sure, I had been Boy Scout since 1967, so camping was in my blood. But that was initially the car camping style where we would drive to a camp, haul tents and gear from the trunk and set up camp nearby.
Later I began to backpack, so we needed to carry everything on the back of our back. So the camp might have looked like this:
See the Vis-clamps on the tarp in the picture above?
Instructions to get AT Map data and LiDAR for Massachusetts
First open your browser to
https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=cea61820e75c4ce997f866eea3aaf5b3
And after acknowledging the disclaimer, zoom into
Massachusetts. It will look something like
this.
To add information for the trail, click on the 3 horizontal
bars in upper right to get this view.
Click on the features you want like shelters, AT Boundary
Sections and AT Lands. At this point specific
boundary data and monuments are not found.
I am still trying to figure that out, since that data needs to either be
on your computer OR accessible via the web, but you need “permission” to get
that.
Now is the LiDAR part.
So far, I have only been able to link Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine
LiDAR data, but I am still searching for the states. To add these data, click on the “plus” sign
box in upper left of screen to get this window.
Not bad for a simple approach.
Found this neat little page for that info...
Appalachian Trail Planner (sophiaknows.com)
For the southern AT, see these current station models.
to read this map, see this link.
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