Appalachian Trail Gallery

My first packed food bag good for 4 days.

The things!

All the cooking equipment.

Weighing our bags at Amicolola Falls State Park

Spring Mountain Southern Terminus – The Adventure Begins!

Follow the White Blazes wherever they go…

Apparently sometimes you can see Atlanta from the summit. The fog had it’s own mystery that we quite enjoyed.

Mountain Crossings hangs the shoes left behind.

All time favorite snack with my all time favorite “cat”

Happily walked an extra .5 mile each way to a clean (and beautiful) water source!

Helen, GA

Yellow Daffodils and Trail Magic make a gray day special!

Hitchhiked with a cop!

Red Truck / Green Truck annual Feed the Hikers Weekend! Thanks!!!

Made it to NC!!!

Mt. Albert fire tower – Mile 100!

Standing Indian Mountain from the side and view from the top

Beautiful Pine Groves at the top of the mountains

Happy May Day!!!

Clingmans Dome looks more like Clingmans Spaceship in the fog

Spring has sprung!!!

Good Old Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee

Bear – 3:00, note had a little more info on it.

You can even see the dam

Views from the Fontana Dam shelter known as “The Hilton”

I talked BigFoot into carrying “The Magic Boot” despite it weighing 2+ lbs!!! It’s working!!!

Thanks for the hospitality, Beverly!!!

The final climb

Perfect timing!!

BigFoot soaking up the last few rays of sunshine

Hikers are happiest when they’re eating.

Epic game of disc on the mountain

Epic shot of four Appalachian Trials bloggers on Max Patch

Love Oskar Blue’s Pinner. Sip, sip, pass.

Big thanks to Osprey for the replacement purple brain, purple brain. And to The Untz for the groovy bracelets and pins!!

Maybe those ominous clouds should’ve led us to choose the blue blazes…

Clowning around with Squirt on Big Bald

Nolichucky River from above. Thanks for the ride, guys!!

5 balds in one day helps ease the pain of 20 miles!!

Happy to welcome these beautiful rhododendron and mountain laurel flowers to The Trail. At times there are so many it feels like walking through a garden.

Captain Pat happy to be on the water!!

Thanks for an amazing nearo day on the water, Pat!!!

Short hair, the trees don’t care. Thanks to One Way Ministries for their amazing blessings to the hikers!!

Happy Micro.

We got properly Riff Raffed…

Thanks for the lift, Legs. Her card read “Working Part Time and Living Full Time.” Now that’s my kind of woman!!

Enjoying some amazing Trail magic – BBQ sandwich, chips, and Yeungling before a big climb on #caturday

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed…

Left is the Keffer Oak, the largest tree in the Southern Appalachians

Thanks, Ma!!

Thanks for the hospitality, Murray. You’re generosity will be remembered for many miles.

…not what I would call flat.

Couldn’t have planned it. Happy to witness this moment in history. #lovewins

My model ❤

Maybe a side trail you shouldn’t take?

Textbook place for this guy to hang out.

Our hiker friends – Mantis, White Wolf, Hardwear, Powers, Couscous, Slider, and BigFoot

Crossing Lehigh River. That exposed rocky section is our destination.

I’ve never seen so many blackberries! Yum!

Thanks ladies for the amazing trail magic!!!

Couldn’t resist visiting the world’s largest Cabela’s

Tower upon NJ’s highest point, menacing clouds pushed us on quickly

Another firetower, really happy that good views are coming back into our lives!!

Dream out loud and make no sound. Find your cloud and ride it round. -Papadosio Happiest of #caturday s to you!!

Ahh this was a nice mile…

Mantis and BigFoot pass through the Lemon Squeezer

BigFoot in action!

Quickly in the highest point in New York on the AT

Crossing the Hudson!

BigFoot and Mantis all smiles with our amazing hosts Bryan and Sara

If we were really hardcore, we could’ve walked the extra 100 miles right into NYC

The lowest elevation on the AT

Slack packin, you and me. We’re slack packin, our backs are free…

The tower and the view

The whole gang

Unpacking the drop box

Our Angel, Megan, with us at RPH Shelter

Sometimes short days are awesome

Slow, steady, and with plenty of breaks

BigFoot and a big tree – actually, the largest on the AT

From the trail directly to New York City – just craziness!!!

First time in New England!!

Sometimes it’s the little things…

So much done, so much to go…

Happy for a day without rain!

Apparently, Hawks guard banks in Massachusetts.

I thought these were the cutest

Beautiful morning at Upper Goose Pond

Pick your own blueberries at the cookie lady’s house. These came from the same bushes as the blueberries from the morning’s pancakes carried by a forward thinking SOBO.

Tom Lavardi (blue shirt, next to BigFoot) and a group of very happy hikers. Thanks for everything, Tom!!!

Hikers doing hiker things

The beginning of the Long Trail at the MA / VT line.

My 17 mile day in wrappers

View from the top

Firetowers are always nice

Gondola ride vs. re-hiking the mountain? Gondola ride.

This shot just doesn’t do that sunset any justice.

Just another pretty day in the woods

Our friends Mockingbird and Dr. Pickles.

Yes THIS Claudia ❤

BigFoot’s all time favorite thing to do after a big climb.

Easy Go goin’ easy up this steep rock face. Not a good time to slip…

Views from the firetower

Below : Easy Go, Birdie, Micro (me), Detour (Claudia), Last Chance, and Finn

Lonesome Lake adjacent to Lonesome Lake Hut

As a hula hooper and a huge String Cheese Incident fan, this totally made my day!!

On top of Mt Albert glancing at Franconia Ridge behind me

Prayer and his lady entertain us during a break at Galehead Hut. South Twin Mtn, our next climb, to the right.

View from the top of Twin

I really hated being a negative Nancy, but have you ever had sunburn on your HANDS!? Everything hurts them – water, wind, more sun, rummaging in your pack. UGH!