Roots and Stones and Beauty Spots
Day 52 Curley Maple Shelter to Cherry Gap Shelter 12.9 miles - AT mile 361.7 Card of the day - XII the Hanged Man I could not settle and hardly...
Days 19 – 20 – We Love Double Zeros
Days 19-20 ~ Zero Days ~ Miles Hiked: 0 Miles on AT: 124.2 Oops, we did it again. Another round of double zeros, on the house! We had previously...
An unplanned Nero at a shelter
Day 51 Erwin to Curley Maple Shelter 4.2 miles - AT mile 348.8 Card of the day - XXI The World So I was up and full of the joys...
Thru the Smokies and Beyond
Weather Rain, rain go away!! Climbed into the Smokies from Fontana Dam in the rain and cold. Shuckstack was covered in flurries. Ugh. Cold and wet make for miserable days.
Erwin and bust?
Day 50 Erwin Zero Card of the day - none Happy Birthday Kegstand! We all got breakfast at Maccies (I had some sweet bread thing called a McGriddle) and then...
Snow Day!
Yesterday, Saturday April 13 was forecast to be rainy. While I could see clouds and precipitation in the distance, mostly to the west, at my locations for most of the...
pa ROCKS – Days 31 thru 35
I have heard too many people talk about the rocks in PA. For the first half of the state I was disappointed. After the last half of the state I...
Escaping the Storm, Embracing the Storm
Escaping the Storm For the first three weeks we were on trail, we were playing hide and seek with the weather. Weekly rain or snowstorms dictated our pacing - our...
Day 18 – What’s With Wayah?
Day 18 Start: Winding Stair Gap End: Burningtown Gap, NC Miles Hiked: 14.6 Miles on AT: 124.2 Today was our second day slackpacking on the AT. To start, the...
Am I Angry Enough To Thru-Hike?
How angry at my regular life do I need to be to leave everything and hike for 6 months again?