There are many hazards on Trail (e.g. bears, cold, rain). Trees didn’t make the list until we encountered the Killer Trees. 😱
Middle Earth
We visited Middle Earth over the past two days. Burkes Garden is a valley surrounded on all sides by mountains. The valley is farmland. It…
Progress!
We passed a significant Trail milestone yesterday. We are now officially 25% of the way from Georgia to Maine! The AT builders promptly rewarded us…
Trail Friends and Trail Names
We are meeting so many cool people from all over the country. Trawler and Tender, Neo and Tom, Cyncity and Just Visiting, Boomerang, Rambler, Grey…
The Unexpected
One of the cool things about the Trail is coming across The Unexpected. Today, we found a one room schoolhouse dating from 1894.
Love a Zero
A zero means a rest and resupply day.
Peaceful Day
Shorts and T shirts, sunshine, easy (for AT) elevation changes, no time crunch, just enjoying the day with my honey. So grateful that I can…
Out of Fuel!
We had cold chewy rice and crunchy noodles. Tomorrow and the next day we will try camp cold brew!
Rain
“No Rain, No Maine” is what they say. It’s true! We made good use of our wet weather gear today. It wasn’t too cold, so…
Grayson Highlands
Fun hiking today through varied terrain. It wasn’t all a green tunnel as they call the AT. Fat man squeeze on ice was exciting. Also…