The taller grain is rye mixed with the wheat. It's actually a weed in that instance. The hay along the trail was orchard grass and bluegrass with maybe a little fescue. The rows of crops are corn.
Hi Jay, today is Monday, Memorial Day. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸. That’s a lot of webs to walk through. 😳 very nice pasture and that lake looks very nice.. don’t get to close to those geese they are very protective.
Yep, I learned that when the babies are around the geese will even go after me when I was walking my dog. I try to stay clear and let them have their peace.
When I was silk blazing on the AT I carried a stick that forked out, in front of my face. It collected several spiders and they began to fight each other. It was quite entertaining. The best part is saving the stick for later to ketch gnats with.
Hi Jay!! Great video today! Love the ducklings so very cute! The little frog so sweet! Also the spider webs! 🐣🐥🕸🕸🐸🐸. We just had Memorial weekend Thank you for your service Jay! We lost a few friends in Vietnam and we visited there graves regularly! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Have a great rest and get ready to hike on!! 😊🏕🌲🌻🌸
Boiling ♨️ springs is one my favorite AT towns that the AT goes Right through there, loved walking through those rolling farm fields, If only all of the AT was that way, anyways your videos make for a great orientation video for future hikers, keep them coming Jay.
Hotel ceiling fans are great for drying socks fast. Fit the open end of the sock over the end of the fan blade, secure with a rubber band if needed, and flip the switch. Quick-dry helicopter-style.
That section used to be the infamous Cumberland Valley Road Walk. Thankfully the trail was moved off the roads sometime before I did it in 93. Your pictures are very much my memory of this section, although I find it so much more beautiful now. I wish I could tell my younger self to slow down and enjoy the beauty of it.
Jay, your video made me chuckle today. I grew up 2 ish hours southwest of Chicago and it's a whole different world here. We're surrounded by fields and our public high school literally has one a day a year that is "take your tractor to school day." However, I still feel the excitement you felt today. Every year when the fields start sprouting I'm excited and then in the fall when they harvest, I am equally excited. I stalk tractors in field to take their pictures. I have countless photos of farms, farmers, fields, livestock, and especially old barns.
You are probably right, at 7:44 those are blackberries. If you wait about 6 weeks, you would have some very sweet berries to eat! I'm guessing at 17:20, what you are seeing is no-till farming with corn plants. No-till means that the farmer cuts the cover crop in this case wheat, leaving the plants behind and then plants the corn by punching holes in the soil and dropping a corn kernel in (there is a machine that does this). The advantage of no-till is that the cover crop acts like a mulch and means that you keep more water in the soil than you would with traditional tilling. Love your approach to all that you see.
@S M Thanks for the trail name! I'm not hiking the trail although I live about a mile from the AT. I volunteer with a group that grows native plants from seeds and cuttings, and Jay does such a great job taking pictures of plants that it is a pleasure to share what he sees.
I love toads! We have them on our trails and in my garden, I like them because they help naturally keep the slug and flying pest numbers down. They will dig little holes in loose soil, so sometimes they get stepped on, on my garden where I put straw or compost down, then they come out and glower angrily at me. I love all the cool things you stop and film, like the wind in the trees (one of my favorite sounds!) and the flowers.
I like the flat country and Carlisle reminds me of a century ride I took there probably before you were born. And I've never seen the "dancing pole" method of clearing spider webs in the while mtns. I'll have to try that next time I'm hiking. I've been using a "V" method holding both poles crossed in one hand, points out and up. Clears shoulder width until my arm gets tired. Enjoy PA with smoother trails and minimal elevation gain.
Hi Jay Yesterday I did a day hike on the Appalachian Trail & Long Path in Harriman State Park and saw a huge black bear about half mile east of Lemon Squuezer. It has been my hope to see one at some point and it happened. Hopefully you will see one soon. You’re doing great, love the videos. Thank you
Southern Pennsylvania a place where you can mellow out before the rocks start. I hope your shoes can make it through rocksylvania. The frog and baby geese it's a beautiful memory. Boiling Springs seems like a nice town.
If you generally learn broader plant family characterisitcs, it helps to narrow things down for an ID. That 4-petalled flower type is characteristic of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. Mustard has flowers like this. However, I think these are Wallflowers (genus Erysimum).
We recently hiked in the Grand Tetons and yep…the gummy bears work! Thanks for the tip in earlier videos. Hopefully that ice cream buzz will work its way out of your system. 😉 🌲🌲🥾🥾🌲🌲onward…
6:39 bird on post and the wheat, music and bird calls...wow. Yep, Boiling Springs is my day-hike goal for this year = I've day-hiked to Caledonia State Park so far - so a wave goodbye on your trip to the great beyond. It may take me a while , even to late fall. Ramdino posted a picture of you with Lazarus and Tony the TA in Hamburg. Yes, I know the future!
What a neat town. I think it's great there's a bit of town walk. I would enjoy that. Enjoying your videography. And never realized that's what wheat looked lime growing, lol. How about hummus and tortilla?
Hey Jay, The reason you're on lower elevation is because you're on the eastern most part of the Appalachians, actually the foothills. The Appalachians are further west. When you were on Blue Mountain was the Appalachians. N.Y. & N.J. are on the outskirts too.
I really enjoyed that section in & around Boiling Springs!! I stayed at the Allenberry Playhouse when I hiked through there & it almost became a little vortex. Beautiful Area! If you can, stop at South Mountain Hotel, VERY Hiker friendly & great food about a mile off the trail. However some recent reviews say it's smoky inside, but they have outdoor places to eat, charge your gadgets & they were installing an outside hiker shower when I went through in 2013.
If there is a sweeter, more picturesque trail town on the A.T. than Boiling Springs, l have not seen it. Everything within walking distance like humans used to do.
hey jay, fan of your videos...just want to give you a heads up when you go into the white mountains. if you are going to set up camp before mt.pierce at the nauman/mitzpah sping hut. they use platforms and it's a pain in the rear to setup a zpacks tent.. however(if its still setup) the second platform near the bear boxes on the left side have added nails for guylines and a piece of paracord that i used for mine over the weekend but mine is a triplex..just wanted to give you a heads up...or use tent platform #5 as that one might be better for a 1person and have fun going up pierce and Eisenhower 😂 not hiking for 6 weeks due to having a badly sprained ankle did not do me any good for that damn hike
@@JayWandersOut yeah bring extra string...i always have paracord in my pack for a bear line if needed. Also, if your on TMobile network you wont have service untill about 1/2 way up Eisenhower and only in one specific spot 😂
My cousins who thru hiked in 2020 got some ‘fishbone’ tent stakes that worked well on the platforms in the Whites. They were lightweight and I think they got them from Amazon.
So far only had one on my leg crawling up which I reflexively flicked off. Nothing else yet. There are a ton of people on trail though so I figure they get spread out among hikers and dogs.
Not sure when you're getting to Port Clinton but that's just down the road from me. Maybe I'll see you hitch hiking and can give you a lift to the Wawa for some grub haha
I'm sure someone else identified the white, pink and purple flowers but they are dame's rockets, an invasive non native flower, but still, very pretty.
Good Choice not to stop at the Boiling Springs Campground. I stayed the night there in 2020. The train went thru every hour or so and I did not sleep well even with earplugs. I think the train engineers saw my hammock and laid on the air horns. Or maybe there was a crossing and by law they had to honk. BCM
The taller grain is rye mixed with the wheat. It's actually a weed in that instance. The hay along the trail was orchard grass and bluegrass with maybe a little fescue. The rows of crops are corn.
One of my favorite sounds is wind in grass. What a lovely section and that beautiful music!
Hi Jay, today is Monday, Memorial Day. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸.
That’s a lot of webs to walk through. 😳 very nice pasture and that lake looks very nice.. don’t get to close to those geese they are very protective.
Yep, I learned that when the babies are around the geese will even go after me when I was walking my dog. I try to stay clear and let them have their peace.
When I was silk blazing on the AT I carried a stick that forked out, in front of my face. It collected several spiders and they began to fight each other. It was quite entertaining. The best part is saving the stick for later to ketch gnats with.
Hi Jay!! Great video today! Love the ducklings so very cute! The little frog so sweet! Also the spider webs! 🐣🐥🕸🕸🐸🐸. We just had Memorial weekend Thank you for your service Jay! We lost a few friends in Vietnam and we visited there graves regularly! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Have a great rest and get ready to hike on!! 😊🏕🌲🌻🌸
Boiling ♨️ springs is one my favorite AT towns that the AT goes Right through there, loved walking through those rolling farm fields, If only all of the AT was that way, anyways your videos make for a great orientation video for future hikers, keep them coming Jay.
I love my daily Jay fix
The grasses and wheat blowing in the wind … the accompanying music… thank you 🌺☀️
Hotel ceiling fans are great for drying socks fast. Fit the open end of the sock over the end of the fan blade, secure with a rubber band if needed, and flip the switch. Quick-dry helicopter-style.
That section used to be the infamous Cumberland Valley Road Walk. Thankfully the trail was moved off the roads sometime before I did it in 93. Your pictures are very much my memory of this section, although I find it so much more beautiful now. I wish I could tell my younger self to slow down and enjoy the beauty of it.
Great video, you are really having fun and learning a lot. Great still pictures. Stay safe and HIKE ON!!!
Love how excited and sincere you are when you see the animals!😁
Always enjoy your videos. They are so peaceful and soothing.
Jay, your video made me chuckle today. I grew up 2 ish hours southwest of Chicago and it's a whole different world here. We're surrounded by fields and our public high school literally has one a day a year that is "take your tractor to school day." However, I still feel the excitement you felt today. Every year when the fields start sprouting I'm excited and then in the fall when they harvest, I am equally excited. I stalk tractors in field to take their pictures. I have countless photos of farms, farmers, fields, livestock, and especially old barns.
Thanks Jay
Beautiful Jay! Thanks for making it a. good day/video.
Thank you for your service!
I have those exact flowers flowering on my berry bushes right now
Beautiful “ walk in the Woods” and farmland!
Loved watching those fields. Beautiful trail, exquisite filming as always...!
You are probably right, at 7:44 those are blackberries. If you wait about 6 weeks, you would have some very sweet berries to eat! I'm guessing at 17:20, what you are seeing is no-till farming with corn plants. No-till means that the farmer cuts the cover crop in this case wheat, leaving the plants behind and then plants the corn by punching holes in the soil and dropping a corn kernel in (there is a machine that does this). The advantage of no-till is that the cover crop acts like a mulch and means that you keep more water in the soil than you would with traditional tilling. Love your approach to all that you see.
Abigail-that was so interesting about no till farming!
@S M Thanks for the trail name! I'm not hiking the trail although I live about a mile from the AT. I volunteer with a group that grows native plants from seeds and cuttings, and Jay does such a great job taking pictures of plants that it is a pleasure to share what he sees.
Good video with some good views, some deers and a lot of ducks, so let's keep on hiking..
Beautiful area. I saw so many ducklings this year also. Frogs are so cool🌻 thank you for your service to our country. Happy memorial day!!
I love toads! We have them on our trails and in my garden, I like them because they help naturally keep the slug and flying pest numbers down. They will dig little holes in loose soil, so sometimes they get stepped on, on my garden where I put straw or compost down, then they come out and glower angrily at me. I love all the cool things you stop and film, like the wind in the trees (one of my favorite sounds!) and the flowers.
That was rows of corn in that field .The purple wild flowers looked like dame rockets.
I like the flat country and Carlisle reminds me of a century ride I took there probably before you were born. And I've never seen the "dancing pole" method of clearing spider webs in the while mtns. I'll have to try that next time I'm hiking. I've been using a "V" method holding both poles crossed in one hand, points out and up. Clears shoulder width until my arm gets tired. Enjoy PA with smoother trails and minimal elevation gain.
Hi Jay
Yesterday I did a day hike on the Appalachian Trail & Long Path in Harriman State Park and saw a huge black bear about half mile east of Lemon Squuezer. It has been my hope to see one at some point and it happened. Hopefully you will see one soon. You’re doing great, love the videos. Thank you
The towel roll works great…esp when you step on it!
Southern Pennsylvania a place where you can mellow out before the rocks start. I hope your shoes can make it through rocksylvania. The frog and baby geese it's a beautiful memory. Boiling Springs seems like a nice town.
Beauty all around. Thanks for letting us see it through your eyes.
What a beautiful town by the lake!
Good catch seeing the frogs . Drive on
If you generally learn broader plant family characterisitcs, it helps to narrow things down for an ID. That 4-petalled flower type is characteristic of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. Mustard has flowers like this. However, I think these are Wallflowers (genus Erysimum).
We recently hiked in the Grand Tetons and yep…the gummy bears work! Thanks for the tip in earlier videos. Hopefully that ice cream buzz will work its way out of your system. 😉 🌲🌲🥾🥾🌲🌲onward…
6:39 bird on post and the wheat, music and bird calls...wow. Yep, Boiling Springs is my day-hike goal for this year = I've day-hiked to Caledonia State Park so far - so a wave goodbye on your trip to the great beyond. It may take me a while , even to late fall. Ramdino posted a picture of you with Lazarus and Tony the TA in Hamburg. Yes, I know the future!
I'm a little slow here looks like Random Adventures 2.0 posted May 26th this meeting, or not, give YT algorithm credit for this showing up.
Those field were hit this week 🥵
The pink and white flowers are Phlox. (This might be a second post.)
Good job
💗🌲🌲🥾🥾🌲🌲💗 onward…
What a neat town. I think it's great there's a bit of town walk. I would enjoy that. Enjoying your videography. And never realized that's what wheat looked lime growing, lol. How about hummus and tortilla?
God luck for tortillas, appreciate the tips and tricks.
My Mom taught me the towel thing.
Hey Jay, The reason you're on lower elevation is because you're on the eastern most part of the Appalachians, actually the foothills. The Appalachians are further west. When you were on Blue Mountain was the Appalachians. N.Y. & N.J. are on the outskirts too.
I really enjoyed that section in & around Boiling Springs!! I stayed at the Allenberry Playhouse when I hiked through there & it almost became a little vortex. Beautiful Area! If you can, stop at South Mountain Hotel, VERY Hiker friendly & great food about a mile off the trail. However some recent reviews say it's smoky inside, but they have outdoor places to eat, charge your gadgets & they were installing an outside hiker shower when I went through in 2013.
He's well beyond that but I might take you up on that, maybe the food.
👋
The rows are corn!
I think the white and pink flowers are Phlox.
I thought so also, are dames rocket different?
I believe it's the invasive Dame's Rocket (4 petals) vs Phlox (5 petals).
The only "social" things in Duncannon are the strip joints. We won't tell Tina. 🤣😂 JK. Nice pictures of the wildlife. Let the rocks begin.
There's more than one?
Not true! There’s lots of pool tables and truck stop bars! Hahaha!
This episode is titled "A large coffee and a pee in the woods". Good vibes to you, Crackerjack.
If there is a sweeter, more picturesque trail town on the A.T. than Boiling Springs, l have not seen it. Everything within walking distance like humans used to do.
I grew up in the woods of Pa, straight up and down is the best way l found to clear spider streamers.
God bless the USA 🇺🇸
hey jay, fan of your videos...just want to give you a heads up when you go into the white mountains. if you are going to set up camp before mt.pierce at the nauman/mitzpah sping hut. they use platforms and it's a pain in the rear to setup a zpacks tent.. however(if its still setup) the second platform near the bear boxes on the left side have added nails for guylines and a piece of paracord that i used for mine over the weekend but mine is a triplex..just wanted to give you a heads up...or use tent platform #5 as that one might be better for a 1person and have fun going up pierce and Eisenhower 😂 not hiking for 6 weeks due to having a badly sprained ankle did not do me any good for that damn hike
I may have to bring extra nylon string to run lines to the platform.
@@JayWandersOut yeah bring extra string...i always have paracord in my pack for a bear line if needed. Also, if your on TMobile network you wont have service untill about 1/2 way up Eisenhower and only in one specific spot 😂
My cousins who thru hiked in 2020 got some ‘fishbone’ tent stakes that worked well on the platforms in the Whites. They were lightweight and I think they got them from Amazon.
Hey Jay love the video. I see that high grass & wheat berry. How is the tick situation? I haven’t heard you mention that yet. 👍😎
So far only had one on my leg crawling up which I reflexively flicked off. Nothing else yet. There are a ton of people on trail though so I figure they get spread out among hikers and dogs.
Not sure when you're getting to Port Clinton but that's just down the road from me. Maybe I'll see you hitch hiking and can give you a lift to the Wawa for some grub haha
M+M's used to be the staple on the trail, recently superceded by gummies.
In Yakima the trails are free of webs...do remember them from Louisiana tho...I just hold my arm up
I'm sure someone else identified the white, pink and purple flowers but they are dame's rockets, an invasive non native flower, but still, very pretty.
You should be able to get a good resupply in Hamburg.
damesrocket is my guess on flowers at 16
That was corn. No-till field.
Good Choice not to stop at the Boiling Springs Campground. I stayed the night there in 2020. The train went thru every hour or so and I did not sleep well even with earplugs. I think the train engineers saw my hammock and laid on the air horns. Or maybe there was a crossing and by law they had to honk. BCM
Yep, that honking is so loud. I'm glad I stayed 3 miles out since I still heard it.
Oh, I've seen poster sarcastically calling it the best (worst) campsite on the AT. It smacks of folks not wanting you in town so uh, stay out there.
You had a second breakfast?? Isn’t that called elevenzies??
at 15;37 catbird
What about using the hair dryer to dry your clothes?
Takes active time and it's pretty loud
My brother and I would take turns leading, while carrying a branch to collect webs...
It's normal not to know what day it is out there. Nature only knows moments and then seasons, somehow...
Which plant identifier app do you use on trail?
I think Jay uses seek?
Yep. Seek
Why did you not call the motel from Boiling Springs? Damn that modern technology 🤓 glad you got a room bro.✌️
I did. They said hiker rates are walk up only and there was plenty of room.
@@JayWandersOut l mistook what l heard on the video, sorry for my ineptitude ❤️✌️
How do they milk those tiny little almonds?
Double crop beans? Wheat was cut and then soybeans “drilled” into the field in rows.
17:03 any eye deer what species it was? ...bazinga....
Not sure but probably soybean
I’m surprised that after 1000 miles you’re able to eat any bars at all.
Yep, just not Clif bars anymore.