Today started off pretty good. I finally got some good sleep. It was pretty chilly on the top of the mountain this morning. I actually got a late start around 9:30. It was a nice little downhill before I started the long climb up. For some reason today wore me out. Not to mention my […]
Archives for April 2015
April 27th….. A good day to hike!
today started out cold!!!! It took some motivation to get out of the bed. That’s for sure. It was a humid cold and it lasted all day. It warmed up to the 50s for a high today but the wind chill was brutal. When I started out this morn it was […]
ZealOptics showed us some love!
April 26, 2015 Johnny and Amanda, sponsored by Adventure Possible, are thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and creating a photographic, unique first-person documentary of the entire journey. Excerpt from the 5th day in the Smokies “As I left out of the shelter this morning, I was amped and ready to go. I had a belly full […]
Leaving Erwin with 8 days of food!!!!
im at my 350th mile and I can’t believe that it’s still getting this cold. Low 30s in town so 20s up here in the mountains. I spent the last couple of days hanging out with my girl who decided to come up to see me last minuet. I did as I always […]
Day Six Hiking the AT
This morn I woke up feeling pretty chilly. I still didn’t sleep well but I got enough. It started raining (more like drizzling ) as I was taking down the tent so of course it got soaked, but I packed it up and got to going. The plan was to hike 12.2 to the next […]
Hiking through the Smokies on the Appalachian Trail
so as I left out of the shelter this morning I was amped and ready to go. I had a belly full of grits with pepperoni and Texas Pete hot saaauuuuccceee. (Awesome). And my cider down. It was a good morn. I left out with Wilson this morn and we […]
Hiking through the Smokeless Smoky Mountains
today was a great day! I am very happy that I stayed over at the shelter through the storm. It was a 14 mile day. With a great hike over the highest point on the trail. Clingmans Dome, and it was amazing. The whole trail changed as I entered the high alpine […]
Hiking into the Smoky Mountains on the Appalachian Trail
As I woke this morn I could only just wait for the rainstorm to finally hit. And it did just as morning started. So as I made my breakfast and prepared to leave I said I’ll just wait till it stops. So all morning went by and the rain and wind stopped […]
Smoky Mountains on My Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
today was a different start, as I was waking up alone. And breaking down camp solo so that was def. different. After making some instant grits with coconut oil and a spoon full of dehydrated eggs. I was ready to go. Packed up and headed down the trail. I prefer leaving a little later […]
Hiking into the Smokies on the AT
today was a long 12 miles uphill day. But all in all I’m doing pretty good. While in the smokies I am unable to camp anywhere I want and must stay at the shelter areas. This to me makes no sense, but hey that’s the parks service for ya. It was a humid day. The […]