Well, I only got 7.5 miles in today. I swear it wasn’t all my fault! I was held up by trail magic and a spectacular view from Wayah Bald. I am also camped here with Woodstock, Giggles and Gemini from last night. Oh and Chef is here too. Tonka and Slingshot got picked up at […]
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Day 23: Wallace Gap to Wine Spring Camp
Great day today folks! I covered 11+ miles and stopped here at this camp. We have a great group here tonight, all new faces. We had Gemini, Chef, Tonka, Slingshot, Woodstock and Giggles. Tonka made a kick ass fire which was great because temps are dipping to 25F tonight! I’ve got my water filter in […]
Day 22: Betty Creek Gap to Wallace Gap
Well, I’m not actually at Wallace Gap, I’m back in Franklin at the Sapphire Inn. I’m so glad I came here because I finally got to meet the trio from Australia that are hiking the A.T. I’ve been following their blog here: https://aussielegs.wordpress.com/ I had dinner with them and several others including M’mot and Zeba, […]
Day 21: Standing Indian Shelter to Betty Creek Gap
I’m in my tent, it’s 830pm and it is raining cats and dogs!!! In this area there are tent sites near the A.T. but when I got here at 530pm, most were taken. There’s a side trail that leads to the creek here that also has tent sites. I’m at one of those with one […]
Day 20: Chunky Gal Trail to Standing Indian Shelter
I’m finally back on the trail and it feels great! It’s now 1020pm and I’m snug in my bag as I write this. The shelter has five people in it and there are about 7 tents here. The temperature is about 45 to 50 degrees and we’re not expected to go below freezing tonight, yay! […]
Day 19: Triple Zero and Pictures and Video
Ok, yes – a triple zero is excessive. Maybe that’s an understatement. But hey, it’s for good reason! I am finally completely caught up with this thing, it’s now actually March 31st as I write this. Tomorrow morning I return to the A.T. via a shuttle at 10am which, as previously stated, will take me all […]
Day 18: Double Zero in Franklin
Day 18 was Monday, March 30th and was pretty relaxed. I woke last night at 1030pm to realize it was still Sunday night and that the The Walking Dead season 5 finale had already aired! Fortunately, I knew that AMC airs an encore showing of each episode. I stayed up long enough to watch. I’d […]
Day 17: Zero in Franklin, NC
So, Day 17 was Sunday, March 29th. I got up around 7am this day to go downstairs for coffee and breakfast. One strange aspect of this town stay is the lack of my bounce box! Being that I only have my backpack, it’s a little more like camping in a room compared to a “real” […]
Day 16: Muskrat Shelter to Chunky Gal Trail
Hi everyone. I know some of you were concerned when I had no new posts over the weekend. I freely admit to blog negligence in this case, so apologies if I scared the hell out of anyone. I’ve just been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days and it has taken me […]
Day 15: Bly Gap to Muskrat Shelter
Guess what folks? It is SNOWING here at the shelter site! Actual snow! It’s also subfreezing tonight and will be my coldest night yet. Go go gadget Western Mountaineering bad-ass winter sleeping bag! So I did finally get up at 120pm to start my day. I began with coffee which required a trip to the […]