Hey! I'm Shutterbug! I'm 30, a wedding & elopement photographer, upstate newyorker, lover of nature, and am hoping to own a hostel along the AT one day. In 2017 I hiked over 1500 miles of the Appalachian Trail. I plan on reattempting a thru hike of it someday.
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My Most Embarrassing Moments on the Trail
Those who know me in real life and not just from the internet know just how clumsy and awkward I can be. This results in some pretty embarrassing
Shutterbug’s Favorite Restaurants on the Appalachian Trail
Note: The opinions in this post are completely my own and not that of The Trek. In 2017 I hiked around 1,500 miles of the Appalachian Trail.
Shutterbug’s Favorite (and Least Favorite) Places to Camp on the Appalachian Trail
Note: The opinions in this post are completely my own and not that of The Trek. In 2017 I hiked around 1500 miles of the Appalachian Trail. In that
Shutterbug’s Favorite (and Least Favorite) Places to Stay on the Appalachian Trail
Note: The opinions in this post are completely my own and not that of The Trek. In 2017 I hiked around 1500 miles of the Appalachian Trail. During
Shutterbug’s final trail update…. for now!
I know, I know, I haven't updated my blog in quite some time. So much has happened in the past three months. So let's back up to where I left off in
Six months, one case of a “tick borne illness,” plenty of scars and bruises & I’m still truckin’ along!
Shortly after I posted last, I was in Vermont in a bubble of hikers that really started to put a damper on my own hike. It seemed like everyone I
Hike your own hike so you can be the last one to Katahdin and win!
I'm sure you've heard the saying hike your own hike hundreds of times. And if you haven't, you will. A lot of thru-hikers use the term in the
Think You Know What Gear you Need for a Thru-Hike? I did too… Until I didn’t
Despite the fact that I have two family members and multiple friends that have completed thru-hikes of the AT I still was just as completely lost as
Sometimes you have to ask yourself the important questions in life like do I have the Virginia Blues or do I have Lyme Disease?
The last time I updated I had just entered the lovely state of Virginia & was enjoying my time at Trail Days. My tramily spent a week there
Shutterbug’s Update #3
Before I started hiking the Appalachian Trail I had a plan to journal every night & to keep this blog updated weekly. Clearly my plan failed.