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 →

Our time in Georgia started out a bit rocky as we waited at the baggage claim at the airport until they shut the doors without releasing our bags. We spent the next 30 minutes in a panicked fury trying to figure out how we could possibly start the trail in two days if Frontier has... Continue Reading →