Hey
Two friends and I just bought our bus tickets and will be setting out of Amicacola come Feb. 19th. This sub has been a good help in planning, and I'm excited to run into some of you out on the trail.
The only question that remains... where is there a Chipotle within reach of a thru hiker? Are there any towns that have a chipotle or another burrito place you recommend. My buddies and I are huge burrito fans.
Posted Jan 31, 2015, 11:29 PM UTC
I can't speak to Chipotle exactly, but there are a fair amount of mexican restaurants along the trail. We love mexican food and craved it while hiking..many a times we would grab a hitch into town just because we heard there was a mexican restaurant. Most of the small towns you go to has some tex-mex option though.
To get to an actual Chipotle (or Moes) you'll have to get a longer hitch to a bigger town: Asheville NC, Blacksburg VA, Harrisburg PA, etc.
If you're going to hitch to Asheville and eat at Chipotle, you will be missing out on some amazing beer and food. I'd hold off until Blacksburg, then roll into Catawba a few days later for some Homeplace.
I completely agree! There are tons of small mom-n-pop places along the trail that are amazing! And Asheville is like the craft brew capital of the US.
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Compared to the towns actually on the trail...it's freaking huge
There's no Chipotle or Moe's anywhere that I know of. Franklin NC has a decent mexican place when you stop in that town. There's some other town with a good mexican place, somewhere in one of the first states. It's in a strip mall and they have a burrito the size of your head, but I don't think it's walking distance and you need a lift.
There is a chipotle about 5 and a half miles east of the trail intersection with route 11 outside of Carlisle. The hike can't be that bad, as it is pretty much all flat road, but you gotta be careful of traffic.
Also, I don't believe that camping is allowed in the Cumberland valley. So you should probably look for lodging, or find a ride. I can probably give you a ride too.
Edit: On further thought, you should be fine. The valley is only ten miles wide. You should be able to get to suitable camping areas with time to get chipotle, if you get a lift.
Roanoke, VA has one. Ate two by myself and helped finish my girlfriends with chips. Did not feel sick. It's still one of my proudest moments of my life.
All these comments are getting little notes in my awol book
Theres a great local burrito place in Hanover, NH that I enjoyed. Also theres a Mexican restaurant opening in Hot Springs very soon. It took over the Still Mountain restaurant
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Well, if you feel like driving/hitching to Blacksburg, VA, there's a Chipotle there. Drove there from Four Pines since I was there the wrong day for the Homeplace.
Blacksburg, VA was the only Chipotle I went to as well. Its not really Hitchable though. My parents came to visit me and took my Hiking buddy and me there.