Welcome to North Carolina!
March 13. Stopped raining! We still had to pack up wet tents and gear, but at least the rain had stopped! We hiked until about 1 PM and the sun…
March 13. Stopped raining! We still had to pack up wet tents and gear, but at least the rain had stopped! We hiked until about 1 PM and the sun…
March 8th. Slept in our first shelter last night…kinda slept! Had a big breakfast with Amy’s family this morning, time to go check in as a thru-hiker and hit the…
All the hours I spent the past few months watching videos, reading blogs, and not packing my gear…it all adds up the week before you leave! We finished assembling our…
With our start date fast approaching (4 days away!) I’ve been spending copious amounts of time getting my gear in order. Everything has been weighed down to the ounce, put…
Today is my last day of work at FoodTools. Six years of good times, lots of traveling, and many lessons learned. I wouldn’t trade it for anything! Tomorrow I’ll be…
In 8 nights I will not be falling asleep on a soft European pillow top mattress padded with a memory foam topper and an extra thick mattress pad, I’ll instead…
I probably shouldn’t have… I went to Google Maps and typed in driving directions from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine…and this popped up. The distance is 800 miles…
This is what 2,184 miles of maps looks like spread out on our coffee table. Now it is time to section them out and plan when Amy will send them…
Welcome to my Appalachian Trail blog! I will be hiking the Appalachian Trail this year and I’m planning to keep you updated on my progress via this blog. Below is…