Month: June 2016

Today we hiked exactly 22 miles. The morning began with our last major elevation change for awhile, so we planned on having easier terrain in the afternoon. Instead the entire trail was just a bunch of rocks, and oftentimes staircases …

Today felt like the invasion of the day hikers! There were so many clean people on the mountain! There were also tons of weekend backpackers with giant tents. I experienced for the first time passing a group of people with …

Yesterday we had a somewhat stressful time getting resupplied. The  laundromat was out of soap, the shuttle around town was hard to locate, and when we finally got to the grocery store at about 5 the shuttle driver informed us …

Last night we camped at mile 799, so this morning we passed mile 800. I meant to take a photo of our crowded campsite last night, but I forgot until there was only one tent left, so imagine 4 tents …

Today was our new longest day. We weren’t sure we would make all the miles we wanted to, so we woke up early and got on the trail by 7. When we stopped for lunch, a hiker we camped with …

Due to some camping areas being closed from bear activity, we had to do either a pretty short day or a pretty long one today. I think we both woke up knowing it would be the former option. We took …

We had a crazy storm last night. The rain came down harder than I’ve ever experienced in a tent. It was so loud it drowned out the sound of the thunder. I put on my earplugs once I was ready …

We took our time this morning, taking care of our last few errands in town, getting coffee and breakfast before heading out again. I think it was noon when we got on the trail, and today has been the hottest …

Today is a zero day, which we haven’t had in 17 days, so it’s pretty awesome. The hotel has free breakfast so we went down around 7 for some cereal, bagels, muffins, biscuits and gravy, coffee, and orange juice. By …

We had a 15.5 mile day into town today. Our place was fairly slow as we are both feeling tired, but we were in town by 4, and the hotel is right off the trail. Most of the day was …

What a day! We started out with two options this morning: either do 17 miles today and 15 tomorrow, or do 14 miles today and 18 tomorrow. We have a room tomorrow night in Daleville, and we will zero there …

Today we hiked 16.1 miles. In the morning we crossed the Eastern Continental Divide, and in the afternoon we passed a monument to Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier from WWII. Both were on top of a mountain of …