hiking vikings

We’re the Lucky Ones

We’re the Lucky Ones

Day 28"If you take poetry and translate it, it's like looking through a beautiful fabric from the backside." Lucky was referring to the view from atop Snowbird Mountain. Beauty like...

Mar 30, 2015 : Sharon
The Great Smoky Mountains

The Great Smoky Mountains

Day 22The trees were spitting at us like camels spit at zoo patrons, annoyed, and urging us to move on and leave them be. The thorn bushes wrapped around our...

Mar 23, 2015 : Sharon
Happy Days

Happy Days

Day 17 "Nate, look what the Franklins got us!" I cheered, waving a moldy salami in his face. He grabbed it out of my hands and secured it in his coat...

Mar 6, 2015 : Sharon
To North Carolina, And Beyond!

To North Carolina, And Beyond!

Day 10 8:00 AM and zero degrees. Today was the day. Nate and I promised to each other and all of our fellow hikers that as long as there was...

Mar 2, 2015 : Sharon