Sometimes you get real hungry on the trail

Section hiker – Hotfoot!

Backtrack and I at the end of one of early days on the trail

The green tunnel in PA

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Brassie Brook Shelter

Getting fierce next to his first white blaze

Pausing in front of a pretty stream on our last day!

Reuniting in VT with hikers I met on the first day.

The boys arriving at Amicalola

Rev Kane on his arrival at Amicalola Falls State Park

Beaver Pond on the trail

I’ve seen much worse that this on other hikers. It’s the toe underneath not the nail that’s black. Eventually the tip of my toe shriveled up and fell off.

Some of my early and lovely calluses

Dawn at 5000 feet

I promised I’d leave him anonymous, but this is hiking bliss on top of Blood Mountain

The youngest hiker, Olivia and her mom. She’s done 300 miles on the AT and she can’t even walk yet.

Two adorable section hikers I met in the Shenandoah

Me and Mao at a shelter in the SNP

Strawberries for lunch

Jedi and Shaggy relaxing

The first two thru-hikers I met, traveling on the train to Atlanta

Mad Hatter heading back to the trail

Petri and Ducky at Springer Mountain

Rev with Hercules aka Vortex

Rev Kane with fellow hiker and vet Mau.

Modeling at the Shenandoah National Park AT exhibit

Modeling the bear pole

Rev Kane with some of his trail family

Rev Kane on his first day on the Appalachian Trail

Me and Mighty Mouse

You all ROCK!!!

Safely on the porch at Mountain Harbour B&B

The crew enjoying the day

Miss Hattie

Queen Diva at the Hiker’s Ridge Ministry.

AT markers on Main Street in Hot Springs

Lovely Tie at Laughing Heart Hostel

At Hemlock Hollow

Lumpy’s predecessor at Standing Bear, Rocket Man

The AARP gang with our host Lumpy on the left at Standing Bear

Awesome, Backtrack, Rev Kan, and the Kingfisher

Photo by Shaggy Hobo

My air mattress savior

Rev Kane on Rocky Top

Photo by Shaggy Hobo

Me and Cliffhanger

Me and the Mad Hatter

Backtrack, Shaggy Hobo and Rev Kane

Me and Tough Cookie (she’s back on the trail after appendicitis surgery 6 weeks ago)

Damn Yankee (grew up 20 minutes from me in NY) and Backtrack

Two utterly amazing and interesting folks, Patches and Airborne.

The AARP gang, me, Backtrack, Kingfisher and Awesome

The NC/GA Border

First rough night on the AT

My first night on the trail