Eva Briggs
I'm a family doctor in upstate new York and have always enjoyed the outdoors. My undergraduate education is in forestry. I'm a search and rescue volunteer and my border collie Boomer will be hiking with me. I've wanted to hike the AT for 40+ years and decided that 2016 is the year to go for it!
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Hostels: 2 in a row!
Mountain Harbor. I think that's the name of it. At mile 393. Anyway my stay there was awesome. Very pet friendly. They usually serve only breakfast,
Adios North Carolina
Another state finished. After walking for days on the NC/TN border, I left NC for good today. I think it won't be long before I hit VA! View from my
Hot Springs NC
Food glorious food. Looks like 70 miles to Erwin TN, next resupply. I hope that I can get there in 6 days because that's all the food that I think I
Smokies – done!
Gear review first. Sierra Designs cargoule rain jacket: TWO THUMBS DOWN!!!! Because I have only two thumbs. I wore it in the rain for just three
Boomer reporting
Zero day My mom is snoozing during her zero day and so I'm killing time, stuck at a luxury kennel because dogs aren't allowed in the
Georgia- finished!
My first state finished! In fact the picture is on into North Carolina at the 100 mile mark, the Mt. Albert fire tower. My friend commented that
Start of the trail ….or trial?
On the first day out of Springer, I broke several resolutions. I will not lose anything. First to go was my p-style. It was in a mesh bag
More cowbell. I mean more granola bar.
Yes. So many granola bars. The perfect gift if they were given to me a week or a month ago. My friends have decided that more granola bars would be a
Georgia Bound!
I'm heading southbound to Georgia in within a week. My coworkers surprised me with this great cake. Thank you everyone who was there and everyone who
Does a bear……?
Had a laugh at work yesterday. A coworker said, "I could not do the Appalachian Trail. I'd only last until I had to poop. I'm not doing that in