Day 25

Day 25 -April 1 2017- 10.4 miles – NOC to Locust Grove In the morning we got a ride back to the NOC. When we got out of the car, there were several thru hikers hanging out next to a building. They looked at us like “Who are these guys? We’ve never seen them before.” […]

Day 24

Day 24 – March 31 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City Stoat and I were feeling much better. We went to a diner for breakfast and walked around town to test our legs. Eventually we made it over to a local park. There was a small trail system there and we decided to […]

Day 23

Day 23 – March 30 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City I felt much better. I went to the subway for lunch and even made it to the post office to mail a few post cards. Stoat, while still bed ridden, was feeling better as well. We were chomping at the bit to get […]

Day 22

Day 22 – March 29 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City In the morning I woke up to change the position I was laying in. The sound woke Stoat up. He groggily wished me a happy birthday and went back to sleep. That was not how I had envisioned celebrating my birthday on the trail. […]

Day 21

Day21 – March 28 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City Stoat got up to go to the bathroom and found that he could barely walk. The doctor had been right. He was sick too. Stoat was not happy at all about it. I gave him some ibuprofen and he slept most of the day. I […]

Hammock Camping

(This is a quick overview about hammock camping.) There have been a few things that I wished I mentioned before starting this blog. One of the things I wished I mentioned was our hammocks. Although hammock camping has gained popularity over the past few years, most people don’t know much about it. I have been […]

Day 20

Day 20 – March 27 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City I was still sick. Stoat picked up some cereal. I ate it between coughing and sleeping Any hope of catching up with the hikers we started with was slowly diminishing…

Hiker lingo

Hiker Lingo NOBO – A hiker that starts in Georgia and hikes North Bound SOBO – A hiker that starts in Maine and hikes South Bound Flip Flopper – A hiker that hikes different parts of the trail in different directions Section hiker – A hiker that hikes a smaller portion of the trail LASH […]

Day 19

Day 19 – March 26 2017- 0 miles – Bryson City I was still sick. My day passed in a cloud of fog. The only time I left my bed was to go to the bathroom. Stoat walked around town for a while. The subway sandwich shop that the girls from Wesser bald talked about […]

Day 18

Day 18 – March 25 2017- 0 miles – Nantahala Outdoor Center (N.O.C.) – Bryson City I was not feeling any better when I woke up. To add to the fever, I also had a bad cough and runny nose. It was time to go to the doctor. The NOC was not part of a […]