[mapsmarker marker=”43″] Day: 16 (ish) Trail miles: 86.3 These tidbits apply to any situation where there is a heartbeat: Most importantly … hike your own hike!! One step at a time. Don’t look too far forward. It can provide hope, but might cause despair as well. Be aware of where you are. Take the time […]
[mapsmarker marker=”44″] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRJgcEkGPs] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3eDibsI85k] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQYxH_PMGds] People do the trail for various different reasons. Maybe it is to lose something. Maybe it is to find something. After a day of constant rain and cold in which Grey Wolf and I settled in, he found what he needed to find, and also lost some of what he […]
[mapsmarker marker=”45″] Day: 8-10 Weather: sunny and hot, threatening thunder showers, sunny and hot Trail miles:: 52.9 Refreshed, resupplied, repacked, and recharged from our hostel stay, we had a good day’s hike. Pleasant weather, beautiful scenery, brought us most of the way to our next campsite. The last bit of the trail was obviously put […]
[mapsmarker marker=”46″] Day: 6,7 Weather: sunny, hot Distance: 31 miles Nothing all that exciting to report, other than the continuous beautiful scenery. Staying at the hostel helped refresh us. We had two good, if somewhat hot days of hiking, though we are still doing fairly short distances as we continue to get our trail legs. […]
Day 2-5Weather: rainy; cold, rainy, and windy; rainy into sunny; hot sunnyDistance travelled: 21.1 miles After Jeff’s setback, I hooked up with two new hikers: Rich (Grey Wolf) who is my age, and Ken who is 71 (no trail name yet). We all realized that our eyes were bigger than our muscles, and we are […]
[mapsmarker marker=”48″] Day 1 Weather: mostly sunny, windy Distance covered: 8.2 miles Campsite: Hawk Mountain shelter I am not sure how best to describe today. Interesting comes to mind, but that is kind of insufficient. We started the day with another visit to the local fire. A pretty good breakfast was has by all, […]
Day: 0 Location: Amicalola Falls Weather: sunny, 49F [mapsmarker marker=”49″] Maytag, his wife, his son, his son’s girlfriend and I arrived at the park around 5:30 pm. We immediately saw our first bear, and a rather drab view. Once we got our tents set up, we wandered down to check out the local scenery. Awed […]
The natural world has always played a major role in my life. I grew up alongside the technological supernova of the last few decades, and at first I fully embraced it. But even as I was doing my best to become one of the first computer geeks, I was focused on using my technical skills […]
There are quite a few descriptions that people might use if asked to describe me, but there are a few that will never make that list, even by accident. For instance I doubt anyone would even try to link me and the word “organized”. And I definitely fall short on such things as “detail oriented” […]
Some of the more astute of you may have noticed that the cast has changed several times for this project, but now all the hot air seems to be coming from that Taochild guy (namely me). For those who don’t understand the WHY of this, take a look here. Others, who are not already part […]
