​Valentine Day 2015 and we are officially 365 days until our attempt to thru-hike The Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine!

Living within the North Georgia Mountains, offers us the daily opportunity to walk out our door and begin conditioning for the epic experience.

Our gated community is nestled within mountain range after mountain range (from Little Pine Mountain, to Hendrix Mountain, to Oglethorpe Mountain, to Shadowick Mountain, to Sassafrass Mountain, to Burnt Mountain)… here a mountain… there a mountain.

Our plans are to put our packs on everyday to hike up and down the roads of our community before heading into work. During our days off each week, we are somewhere in the woods preparing… conditioning… learning… and anticipating the daily countdown until…