Instead of an On This Day blog, I will be doing something a little different. This will be a "This Week" blog in honor of Appalachian Trail Days in Damascus which usually happens this time annually. Well, like a lot of things it is a casualty of the Coronavirus Crisis as the 34th Annual event, scheduled for this weekend, was canceled.
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| You will find these on the sidewalks. |
For those who don't know or have forgotten Trail Days is a weekend hiking festival that is all things AT. It is held in the small trail town of Damascus, VA, which the AT winds through. There are booths of all kinds both hiking and AT related. There is also food and the Main Event is the Hiker Parade on Saturday.
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| Trail Town USA. |
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| Some of the pageantry of the Hiker Parade, circa 2017... |
However, it doesn't mean you we can't take the Hiker Trash Time Machine back a few years to Trail Days past. It is a fun event where I have picked up some nice items and discovered new things (like Good To-Go meals). Hopefully next year everyone will be back in Damascus celebrating everything AT. So until then, in honor of this great event let's look back This Week...
30th Annual Trail Days (2016):
31st Annual Trail Days (2017):
30th Annual Trail Days (2016):
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| What trail days celebrate. |
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| Our ATC hike leaders Kathyrn & Kelly. |
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| No, Pete doesn't like Crumbsnatcher the AT Sheltermouse. |
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| AT sign heading towards Tennessee. |
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| ATC group hike. |
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| Hyperlite tent/tarp. |
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| AT Guide booth. |
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| Church Hill Music Company. |
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| The Virginia Creeper Trail Bridge. |
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| A day for good old Gene... |
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| ...the Grand Marshall of the... |
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| ...hiker parade... |
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| ...it is a spectial... |
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| ...& a whole lot of fun. |
31st Annual Trail Days (2017):
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| It is also the Post Office. |
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| The old railroad bridge... |
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| ...that is also "the Creeper Trail." |
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| They have an AT Survey Marker in town. |
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| The Old Railway Caboose at the City Park... |
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| ...where Trail Days takes place. |
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| Jennifer Pharr Davis |
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| ATC booth. |
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| These Katahdin signs were cool. |
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| Damascus stand-off... |
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| At the center of the festival. |
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| If you need a shuttle? |
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| Everyone getting ready... |
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| ...for a rainy Hiker Parade... |
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| ...hopefully next year! |
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