Not Every Day is a Good Day but Every Day is a Great Day
I'll admit that the title for this blog is the result of me fumbling the phrase "not every day is good but there is good in every day". Nevertheless, I...
Day 9 – The Sun is the Silver Lining
Day 9 Start: Baggs Creek Gap End: Poplar Stamp Gap Miles Hiked: 8.7 Total Miles on AT: 44.2 This morning, wind blew through camp well before sunrise and continued...
22 Trek Bloggers on the Pacific Crest Trail You Should Be Following in 2024
As the hiking season officially kicks into high gear, the Pacific Crest Trail welcomes yet another class of thru-hikers, all of who are hopeful to complete the entire 2,650-mile journey....
Into Hot Springs
Day 42 Walnut Mountain Shelter to Hot Springs 13.1 miles - AT mile 275.2 Card of the day - The Tower Today we go to town, and I for one...
Week 1: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with Mom & Sister
Team PCT Cake! Hi, I’m Audrey and I’m hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with my Mom and Sister. I began my journey with a 4am alarm to catch the early...
Good Golly, a Gear List!
All right…the blog to quench several readers’ queries: my gear list. I’m not sure why this is so, but there is a profound fascination with backpacker gear lists. I love...
Goodbyes, Hellos, and the In-Between
Goodbyes The last two weeks have been filled with staggered goodbyes. It started with moving out of my apartment then saying goodbye to church community, work, family and close friends....
100 Miles!!!
AT day 19 Carter Creek Gap to Franklin, NC Woke up at 5 am in my tent at Carter Creek Gap. It was cold, 30s, but I had to pee....
Starting off behind the 8 ball
Hi sweet friends! Usually people start with an introduction and their “why”, but today I’d mostly like to talk about why I am completely unprepared to do the PCT or...
AT Update: Goodbye North Carolina!
Day 33: Shortish day today (only 10 miles). We started pretty early, so that we could get into town with plenty of time to eat, resupply, and hang out. And...