It’s 1020am and I’m still in my tent. It’s cold, windy and raining. Right now, warm and dry are preferable so I’ve been hunkered down in my tent all morning. I may just stay at this site all day. Or if the weather improves I may move on. One things for sure though- Franklin by […]
Day 14: Dicks Creek Gap to Bly Gap
I am now in North Carolina, having finished the Georgia section of the A.T. Woohoo! It’s every thru hikers first major milestone. It is said that if a hiker completes Georgia, there’s no physical reason they can’t complete the entire A.T. One has to be careful though. Using state line crossings as the only milestone […]
Day 13: Zero Day in Hiawassee, Pictures and Video
Hello again. I hadn’t planned on a zero day here in Hiawassee, but I needed it. I took today slowly and took care of laundry, retrieving my mail drop, unpacking, cleaning and repacking. I have a shuttle arranged to take my back to Dicks Creek Gap in the morning at 11:00am and should hit the […]
Day 12: Sassafras Gap to Dicks Creek Gap
Hi folks! I type this from the comfort of my room at the Holiday Inn Express in Hiawassee, GA. I arrived here via an impromptu shuttle ride, courtesy of “Tater,” along with a few other hikers at about 3:00pm. I was up and out of Sassafras Gap by about 10:30am. I knew I had about […]
Day 11: Indian Grave Gap to Sassafras Gap
After a belly full of Chili Beef Mac, I’m about to go to sleep. Today was tough. 8 miles of a lot of climbing zapped my energy pretty good. Voyager is on her own since I never reached the planned spot. I climbed Tray Mountain which is among the four tallest mountains on the Georgia […]
Day 10: Mile 49.7 Tentsite to Indian Grave Gap
It’s 730pm now and I’m snug in my tent having had no dinner tonight. I’m at Indian Grave Gap having covered only 5.8 miles today. I’m camped with Arizona who arrived here a few minutes before I did. After he and I setup tents, Voyager came in and asked if she minded if she tented […]
Day 9: Hogpen Gap to Mile 49.7 Tentsite
Once again in my tent typing my nightly post. I figure I hiked 11 miles today which is a new maximum and I did it with a late start at noon, finishing just at 7pm. That’s 11 miles in 7 hours which ain’t too bad! The day started slow. My alarm went off at 6am […]
Day 8: Neel Gap to Hogpen Gap
I type this from my tent. I am hunkered down and snug in my sleeping bag on my soft sleeping pad. Seriously, it’s quite comfortable. The only downside is that it’s narrow which makes it hard to turn on your side. New techniques are required. You basically levitate your body off the pad, rotate and […]
Day 7: Double Zero, Pictures and Videos
Last night after McDonalds late lunch/early dinner, I made the call to stay in town an extra day. It kind of worked out well because the weather is nasty today. I realize I can’t plan my hike around the weather, (unless dangerously severe of course) but since I was already here and still had stuff […]
Day 6: Zero Day in Dahlonega
So my town day has been fun, relaxing and is getting a little frantic at the end! I still have to update my itinerary and take a look at the next leg to see if I need to adjust. I also still have to repack before I get picked up tomorrow. Oh yeah, and before […]