We finally made it, we crossed the state line and we're out of Tennessee and have reached Damascus, VA. What should have been 5 days turned into 9, far too long but shit happens. Crossing into Virginia! Rabbit and Cat dropped the five of us (Cricket, Caboose, Peanut, Prairie Dog and myself) back at the... Continue Reading →
I've made it from Rabbit Hole Hostel to Marion Virginia. The blog posts record the days in detail but check out the video for additional commentary on the trek. https://youtu.be/nuTmatsiM2U
Today became an unplanned zero. Peanut didn't get the stomach bug back in Erwin but she's go it full force now. We all decided to hang out in Rabbit Hole for the day to let her recover. I won some chess games, lost some checkers games. It was a decent day, but everyone is eager... Continue Reading →
I'm still amazed by the difference 24 hours can make. The weather today was beautiful. We left our packs at Rabbit Hole and got a shuttle back up the trail to hike the 16 miles we skipped yesterday. The walk was pretty easy and the views of the lake through the tress were great. We... Continue Reading →
Peanut put it perfectly, today was ass. We woke up in the rain, everyone's tents were soaked. The skies cleared a little and we mustered up enough motivation to make the 0.2 mile hike the rest of the way to Boots Off hostel. It started raining and it was a torrential downpour. We stopped for... Continue Reading →
I wasn't sure how my foot was going to hold up today so I made a point of getting up and out of camp early, before everyone else. The terrain was mostly flat again, only one big "up" to get over at the end of the day. My foot held up reasonably well through the... Continue Reading →
Today was the worst day on the trail yet. My foot is still bruised and isn't getting better. I'm walking with a limp and in an annoying amount of pain. The terrain isn't difficult, for that I'm glad but I'm still going slow just favoring the foot. Cricket and Prairie Dog had to stop by... Continue Reading →
We've finished a section of the trail referred to as "The Balds", it's been my favorite part so far - the views have been phenomenal. We stopped for lunch at the top of Hump Mountain, Peanut did a victory dance (check out this week's video). My left foot hurt way more than I expected based... Continue Reading →
El Dorado set out early, around 5 am. He and all the other hammock campers were sharing tarp and so it left the other two guys in the middle of a field with just their sleeping bags. This set off the cascade of everyone starting to pack up but I still wasn't on the trail... Continue Reading →
I've made it from Iron Mountain Gap to Rabbit Hole Hostel. The blog posts record the days in detail but check out the video for additional commentary on the trek. https://youtu.be/fnEJvw1xgbI
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