Early start to the day...up at 5am....as we wanted to make it to the parking lot right before the summit with the whole group. Not a stellar night of sleep as we were excited about completing the trail, we were way too warm in our winter sleeping … [Read more...]

Warm night last night. Did get some rain but the tarp did fine. Had a 4 mile walk into Neels Gap, where we got some snacks and chilled out a bit on the picnic tables. The whole group was there and it was fun. Had nice trail the whole … [Read more...]

Got a late start this am because of fog. Sleeping bags had condensation on them, which we hadn't experienced in a while. We had been warned that the Georgia trails don't have switchbacks and have a lot of straight ups and downs. This is partially … [Read more...]

All thru hikers were up by 5:30 this am...sectioners probably not happy, but we had town to hit for breakfast. We had some trouble getting a hitch, so Bobby went up hill to get cell reception and called a shuttle. In town we hit the buffet for … [Read more...]

Cold night last night had us in our sleeping bags for 12 hours...a record. We stayed reasonably warm, but some of our friends did not. It can be a long night, if you are cold. Chipmunks were pretty active last night and were trying to get into the … [Read more...]

Late start to the day as we needed to get shuttled to where we left off the day before, which was up a winding mountain road. Got on the trail a bit after 9am. Our package never showed at the NOC, so we ended up getting food supplies at a convenience … [Read more...]