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Lucky Penny’s AT 2023 Thru-Hike [Day Zero – Day 5]
Lucky Penny's Appalachian Trail Flip-Flop Thru-Hike Day Zero - Day 5 There I was, riding shotgun in my husband's Ford pickup truck, rolling down interstate 40 to 81 from Asheville...
A Banana, a Pickle, and a Hot Dog Walk into the Grayson Highlands…
The Virginia Blues were looming. We spent a night in Bland, VA, to avoid some 40-degree rain, and I wondered if the town's name was an omen of what was...
Our First Taste of the Appalachian Trail: Visiting Grayson Highlands
The emotions were overwhelming that day: excitement, anticipation, fear, uncertainty. This was our first time stepping foot on the AT since deciding we would attempt a thru-hike 8 months prior,...
The Congenial Pony (Or Going Uphill for Telling on Zeus)
The previous night, the sky seemed airbrushed with the Milky Way. A dozen hikers formed a tent village in the woods around Saunders Shelter under the stars. April in Virginia:...
Virginia! Damascus! Ponies Attack!
Out of Kinkora hostel I hiked a 16 mile day, except I didn't hike a 16 mile day, because 2 miles out and 2 miles back from the Dollar General...