A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine – 2014
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May 18
Up early, All In caught sunrise back up at McAfee’s knob, while the rest of the family slept in. Then a few easy miles into town for some resupply. The weather continues to be remarkable, and the flowers are still…
Read MoreMay 17 – superlatives
Another cold night and crisp cool morning. We’ve been walking with spring in the perpetual peak of wildflower blooms. Cartwheel has been decorating Mama Bear’s braids with the pink rhododendron and red fire pink wildflowers to match her outfits.
Read MoreMay 16 – Drying Out
The day dawned cool, clear and windy. Perfect for drying out the soggy clothes and tent from the night before. The streams were swollen to quadruple the size of the previous day, each mountain watershed acting as a funnel for…
Read MoreMay 15 – A Ten Year Hitched Hike
The rains came. And heavy. But you don’t weather ten years together without finding your way through a few a storms. And ten years ago today, on Bremen Long Island, on an precocious spring day (it was seventy degrees with…
Read MoreMay 14
We had a slow morning after a late night. In an unprecedented occurrence, RobinHood fell back asleep after initially getting up for the morning. Breakfasts following afternoon resupplies are always the best: fresh mango and strawberries, coffee and biscuits. Then…
Read MoreMay 13 – Pearisburg
After a home-cooked breakfast, we left the Woodshole hostel, climbed the ridge, and headed north in the hot hot sun. RobinHood, having grown out of his deteriating hiking shoes, had a new pair shipped to the hostel, and commented that…
Read MoreMay 12 – A slice of heaven
When Benton Mackaye first envisioned the Appalachian Trail early in the twentieth century, he envisioned much more than a recreational footpath. His writings from that era tote the benefits of the trail, not just for the walker to receive a…
Read MoreMay 11 – Mother’s Day
The day dawned clear and we broke camp with haste as we had dry-camped on a ridge and needed to make our way to water for breakfast. We had enough for a few sips for everyone in the morning, then…
Read MoreMay 10
The morning brought a sorrowful farewell to uncle Avery and Christina. A rainstorm coupled with their recent departure brought on some homesickness. Together with a willful refusal to actually don rain gear, we hit a morning low. The lightening of…
Read MoreMay 9 – fascinating flora
Today brought fewer fauna sightings, but we were treated to some fascinating flora: a tree with large orange flowers, sprouting pink lady slippers, and many trees, like the shag-barked hickory (whose range extends into New England, but which I’ve never…
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A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine - 2014 
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