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Gettin’ There!
10/2/26 19.0 miles; Blue Mountain Shelter Stanimals Hostel dropped us back at Dick’s Gap around 7:30am, and hiking commenced. We had heavy packs,
Post Smokies
9/26/26 8.6 miles; Cabin The Woods Hostel We slept in a bit, as we had plenty of time, and mice woke us up several times, as they chewed on the
The Smokies
9/21/26 18.1 miles; Tri-Corner Knob Shelter Epic and I left the Standing Bear Hostel as soon as it was light enough, about 7am. Today’s planned
Before The Smokies
9/19/26 20.2 miles; Stealth site after Max Patch The best part of today came before Epic & I even began hiking. The diner in Hot Springs
Erwin to Hot Springs
9/14/26 11 miles; Stealth site at Spivey Gap Today was not your average day on trail. I only hiked 11 miles, because I arrived at Uncle Johnny’s
Tennessee, Baby!
9/7/26 18.8 miles; Double Spring Shelter “Tennessee, Tennessee, ain’t no place I’d rather be. Baby won’t you carry me, back to
Tenn-NC-Tenn…Where am I ?
9/11/26 19.9 miles; Stan Murray Shelter I hit the trail just before 7:30am. At 3.4 miles in, I came to Jones Falls, a pretty waterfall. I am
Roan Highlands
Oh my, I cannot begin to describe the beauty of this place. Best of all, I had the entire place to myself, despite being told that it might be
Trail Ramblings
Here are some miscellaneous thoughts and other BS that have come to mind lately. These are in no particular order. Bears: Seeing a bear in the
Last Week in Virginia!
9/1/26 17.2 miles; Chatfield Shelter Holey-moley, it is September! I cannot believe that I began this journey way back on April 30th. I have come
