ADVENTURES

May 12. Cold! Woke up cold but my preventative measures helped keep me decently warm last night. We packed our bags and started the 15 mile downhill to the James…

May 11. Frozen! We tried our new 45 degree sleeping bags last night and it got cold! I woke up in the middle of the night and put on just…

May 10. Woke up in a hotel in Daleville for the 3rd day in a row…time to get back on the trail! Although I wished we had left town a…

Meat and I really enjoyed hiking 700 miles with Brian Sarvis, aka Flosser, aka Kilimanjaro. I won’t mention his age, but if Abe Lincoln was talking about Flossermanjaro-AT he would…

May 7. We woke up after it had rained all night and luckily it stopped raining so we could pack our wet gear…but we were heading into town today so…

Just thought I should post an update about my pack and what I am carrying…I attached a photo of my pack, and here is what is in it! Inside –…

May 2. After spending all day yesterday in town for a zero day we were ready to get back on the trail. Meat needed to do a few more things in…

April 26. We left the hotel around 9 AM but made sure to stick around to get the latest local weather forecast first. The TV anchor said “Severe thunderstorms, torrential…

We have been talking on the trail and we thought the weekly cycle of a thru-hiker is a bit different than the weekly 7 day cycle of most everyone else….

April 21. After a relaxing morning at the coffee shop and the outfitters store we headed out of Damascus for the trail. Before leaving I weighed my backpack…40 pounds with…

April 16. Amy’s dad Rod arrived at the Kincora hostel this morning to hike with us. We left after our food shipment arrived and quickly taught Rod about the white…

The Roan Highlands were not as cold as we had been in recently, but one night Brian did wrap his emergency blanket around his sleeping bag in his tent. Our…