The fires within the Cohutta Wilderness have damaged over 10 thousand acres of land to date and the smoke from these wildfires can be seen and smelt south of Atlanta! We are in the worst drought that I have ever experienced in my life! The last rain that Slipper and I have encountered was when [...]
Slipper and I had the opportunity to be touched and truthfully transformed by the care and compassion of a few Trail Angels along our 2016 NOBO thru-hike of The Appalachian Trail! Today, we make a transition FROM TRAIL HIKERS TO TRAIL ANGELS by picking up “England” (a Flip-Flop Hiker we met along the trail).watch movie [...]
This summer in the Peach State of Georgia it's been HOT... HOT... HOT! While on the trail, Slipper and I would check in with family and be informed of the record setting HOT... HOT... HOT days and nights back home. Now that we are back, we can confirm that it is definitely HOT... HOT... HOT, [...]
Slipper and I wake up... have a cup (okay... 2 cups) of coffee on the rear deck of our Farmhouse... and decide to drive up to the DAHLONEGA, GA. TRAIL FEST. Living less than an hour from the DAHLONEGA, GA. TRAIL FEST... we arrive early enough the beat the crowds of people 😊 What can [...]
We have invested six months and four days traveling thru life at 2.5 miles per hour and have recently stepped back into the hustle and bustle of what we took a sabbatical from. WE NEED A TRAIL! Its true… we begin each day hiking the “asphalt trails” (that are actually the roadways within the community [...]
Wow! It's hard to believe that we have been back home for a week now, with the opportunity to see family and friends. THIS HELPS! As we completed our 2016 thru-hike of The Appalachian Trail, Slipper and I both were overcome with a combination of sadness and gladness and have been consistently encouraging one another [...]
As soon as we landed in Atlanta, made our way through the airport crowds, walked to Baggage Claim and met my son, daughter-in-love, granddaughter and grandson… my daughter-in-love present us with an automobile window sticker that conveys the completion to our Class of 2016 Thru-Hike! I have proudly displayed the sticker on my 1997 Mountain [...]
OMG! Are we not walking... hiking... climbing... or fording any rivers today? Are we leaving the dirt... the rocks... the roots... and the boulders for concrete and asphalt? Tell me it isn't so! We board the plane in Bangor, Maine at 7:00 am and land in Atlanta, Georgia at 11:56 (after a 41 minute layover [...]
You'll notice that the title of this Blog: "WHAT HAPPENS ON KATAHDIN STAYS ON KATAHDIN?" is a question rather than a statement, right? As we climb our way up toward the summit of this incredible finish (or is it just the beginning?) to our 2016 NOBO thru-hike  (sometimes on all fours...) and fighting back the [...]
We did it! While it has purposefully taken us a little over six months to complete this planned for and prepared for journey of a lifetime, this particular leg... trek... section... and thru-hike of The Appalachian Trail has been completed by our summit of Mount Katahdin. MOUNT KATAHDIN... THE FINISH OR IS IT JUST THE [...]
