I'm looking forward to an amazing adventure on the Appalachian trail. I am so excited to share my experience with family and friends and/or anyone else who's interested. I feel like I'm ready for the tough days. I'm mostly excited about the beautiful views that I'll get to see. I am 36 years old. Lived most of my adult life in Maine so I'll be happy to get to go back and see the beautiful trees and mountains there. I have three lovely kiddos. One passed away at 6 months in 2017 and it caused me to go into a very deep depression with an addiction to alcohol. Now I'm 6 months sober and ready to start living again. I'm going to do all the things that I can possibly do while on this Earth. I feel like it's my responsibility to have all the adventures that I can for Link. His ashes will be coming with me on the trail. I'll find a spot that is beautiful and quiet. I will spend a little time thinking about him, thinking about life, thinking about the things that I've done and the things that I can still do. Then I'll spread his ashes and let go of all the pain and hurt and let in love, grace and serenity. So I guess I can say that I'm hunting for peace. Perhaps that's the reason why I am hiking this trail.. perhaps it's something else.. maybe it just sounds like a good thing to do.
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Halfway Done With My Journey!?
Halfway Done With My Journey!? It is the end of July. I'm halfway done with my journey. Made it almost to the 1/4 mark. I have until November 2nd to
Trail Magic (Marlene) and Humps
The Beauty Of Marlene After almost 400 miles I finally found myself face to face with an angel. She goes by the name Marlene. I came down to Hughes
Lessons were learned. Painfully!
I Tend to Learn Lessons the Hard Way. Whether on the trail or in the city it seems I always had to have a hard shake about in order to learn my
Equipment and the Smokies.
My Equipment I'd like to start off talking about my tent.Boundless Camping Denali 2 person Tent, List $193 sale price $125. 65 oz. This is a
Two Weeks on the Appalachian Trail
135 miles on the Appalachian Trail There have been trials and a lot of misdirection. Even though there are blazes all over the place I still
Can Bears Trip When They Run?
When hiking the Appalachian Trail, all kinds of thoughts pop into my head. Seemingly random thoughts that make no sense half the time. Maybe it's
Let the Adventure Begin!
I signed the book at Amicalola and my number is #3359.Two days ago I hopped on a Greyhound headed for Houston to meet up with a friend. We drove
A Week Out and Going Mad!
I'm going to have to say it has been a journey in itself to prepare for the Appalachian Trail. Between all of the packing and unpacking and repacking