Hi, We are the Douma Family! we are the faces behind Sola and are ready to welcome the 2023 hikers! We have been praying for this season and those we’ll meet, host, and help in some way. Maybe you?! Please reach out if you are a hiker and want to stay with us when you come through Unionville, or if you are interested in what we’re doing and have a desire to volunteer.
Psalm 121:1-2 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.”

Laundry, we’re on top of it.
Spiderman says …
"I was hiking last year under the trailname Spiderman and I just thought I would call and tell you I was looking at my map and I saw Unionville and I thought of you and your family. It was a wonderful stay. Thank you again. It was a really good time and just to give...
What is Sola?
Intern with us at Sola!
Sola Internship – 2023 General Description: Internship at a Christian hospitality ministry to hikers on the Appalachian Trail in rural New York (discoversola.com) closely involved with the small (36 members) nearby Unionville Presbyterian Church (BPC). Three-month to...
DaVinci’s Compost
Thanks to hiker DaVinci for improving our compost station.
2022 Patches!
For our donors and guests.
Sola Patch
After giving out bandanas for 5 years, we're going to make patches. Donate to us and we'll send you one!
Hyper-local Walnut Syrup from our own trees!
Some Homesteading on our 1/3rd of an acre.
This is entirely my own definition; I think of homesteading as a situation where you have a property that somehow makes you some money rather than you merely paying rent or a mortgage on it. It is not necessarily the case that the property “pays for itself.” Even if...
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