Surviving the Trail

Here I am on the train as it starts to erupt. It was running two to three hours late. It had turned into a party like train and I didn't wanna risk getting thrown off. I had got off in Fredericksburg, Virginia to start my route to head home. A few stops ahead of my ending destination. The town had seemed normal I headed for Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to be with my girlfriend at the time. It seemed easy I took trails all the time, but the Allegheny Trail seemed like a challenge with distance. The reason being with it going from Washington D. C. to Pittsburgh with a lot of stops along the way. The trail itself has the unique experience of being a chance to get away from technology and other comforts of the big city.

After I had got off the Train I hit a close store to get supplies for the trip. Supplies that would come handy in helping me through the way. A backpack durable for the weather and outside, a poncho, an emergency tent, a few emergency blankets and food supplies for five days. The time it would take me was three days, so I allotted five for rest and breaking I never expected after my rash decision that it would take two weeks. In a shocking twist of events.

On my way out of Fredericksburg out of surprise I was shocked that a severe thunderstorm came through as I was walking out of town. By the park I had ducked by the church there not wanting to waste time I had put on the poncho it had got a small tear in it so I had used an emergency blanket, too. In that I had started moving forward to get through the first day. With my family waiting I wanted to waste no time in getting out there.

After a few days of severe storms in the mountains of Virginia I had finally came to the town of Capon Bridge. In the beautiful state of West Virginia. Capon bridge is a small town with no service I could use. I had stopped by the library there for research, plus was able to get a few stories started for competition. I had started to go on my way to the next spot of Fort Ashby. the sun was out on my hike I had stopped by a fresh water spot to fill my bottle.in the process these older gentle man started to talk to me and gave me a ride to Fort Ashby. At Fort Ashby, I was able to finish and enter my stories into competition. There library was nice and librarian nicer. While I was there typing. They had started to go under a tornado drill. in that situation I had grown nervous for my family. it had passed over thankfully where I could leave.

I had made it to the border of West Virginia and Maryland. Cumberland is where I was able to get on the trail to take me all the way to Pittsburgh. The trail made it all easier. It is a clean straight shot to the big city. While my supplies ran out I was able to restock while fighting a phone battery.

I had finally made it through the weeks with a patient girlfriend we had grown apart later in life. her mother and sister was very nervous. Everyday after I try to get my family to go hiking and do outdoor kind a projects. My time on the trail feels unforgettable the things I went through and survived!