Seven hundred forty-three point nine miles - the exact mileage we completed of the Appalachian Trail before deciding to set aside our thru-hiking plans. After about 2.5 months, we are officially off the trail! The decision wasn't necessarily an easy one, but we are confident that it was the right one. Alex getting sick was... Continue Reading →

Recently we started getting into a bit of a routine of planning 3-4 day hikes between towns, averaging 15-19 miles a day. Last week, we managed to push a bit further every day allowing us to have a short day of only 8 miles on Friday (the day we were heading into town). Normally an... Continue Reading →

The AT has a very rich trail culture and hiker hostels are in the center of it all. These hostels range from modified upstairs storefront apartments to old farmhouses to wood cabin communes. Some only offer bunk beds while others offer a mixture of bunks, private rooms, or even spaces to tent. Many hostels are... Continue Reading →

Short post to announce that we are officially a quarter of the way through the Appalachian Trail! Over 550 miles completed. There were days when I thought there was no way we make it even 200 miles. And here we are!! We have been feeling great physically and mentally and were especially stoked to reach... Continue Reading →

I remember asking myself a couple of weeks ago, "Can I really do this for six months?" It wasn't that I was having a bad day, necessarily. I was just having a really hard time picturing the finish line. Completing the trail felt so daunting in that moment. Maine seemed so far away, it felt... Continue Reading →

Alex and I have joked that the honeymoon phase of our thru-hike is over. We have had some rough days over the last week! Mentally and physically. There was so much excitement within the first month of our hike, it was easy to brush things off and accept everything that was thrown at us. There... Continue Reading →

Today we are celebrating our 32nd day on the trail! We completed our longest mileage yesterday - 16.8 miles. It was a doozy! We pushed a bit farther than we may have otherwise because of thunderstorms that were supposed to roll through in the night. We made it to a hostel just off the trail... Continue Reading →

We knew we were lucky with the warm weather when we started our hike. Even in Georgia, 70s in February was very unusual. And now the cold has finally struck! The nights have been getting progressively colder for the last week, getting down below freezing a couple of nights. We have found that as long... Continue Reading →

We have been on the trail for just over two weeks and the days are already starting to run together. I generally have no idea what day of the week it is and keep track of time by how many days we've been on the trail and how far to our next resupply town (and... Continue Reading →

We were happy to begin our 5th day on the trail with some sun, we had started to crave it! We got a bit of a late start, hitting the trail around noon, so we planned on only hiking about 7 miles. As we reached our planned destination, the campsite was leaving a lot to... Continue Reading →