Welcome to my hiking journal. I’m going to use this page as a collection point for my posts concerning one of my favorite leasure activities – hiking and camping. It’s something I’ve been involved with off and on for most of my life and as I get older, hope to pass on to my daughter. I’m lucky because not only does my wife also enjoy it, she’s been a huge motivator in keeping me involved even as our lives continue to get more and more complicated.
Mar
03
2008
Appalachian Trail lead-in Hike
On Saturday March 8th, 2008 Mark and I will be hiking the 8 mile lead-in trail. We’re going to start in at the Amicola Ranger Station, hike the 8 miles up Springer Mountain to the AT trail head, camp over night and then return home that Sunday. It should be a great shake-down trip for our gear and nice fitness check for our upcoming week long trip in May.
03/12/08 Edit:
We had to scrub our original plan because the weather forcast for our weekend included a cold snap with snow/freezing rain on Saturday. Mark and I decided we didn’t want to endure those conditions for a simple overnight trip so we changed our plans slightly and headed over to [Ft. Mountain State Park] with the intent of hiking the 8.8 mile Gahuti trail loop on Sunday after a late arrival Saturday night (weather was supposed to clear up by 5pm or so).
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