A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine – 2014
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April 27 – Eats, shoots and leaves
As far as we know, the bears here are unarmed. Our kids, however, armed with a little knowledge foraged a delicious salad from flowers, shoots and leaves (good eats). At lunch they were collecting trillium leaves and explaining to a…
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An early morning to head the last three miles into town. The plan was for dad to hitch in to resupply while mom and the kids hiked on. On the way, we met a German lady who informed us that…
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The weather today was a little schizophrenic. It rained on and off over the night and we awoke to clouds whipping by in the morning and the sun dancing off the cloud formations. It would be sunny warm and humid…
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We had a lazy morning in the meadow on Big Butt (the kids loved the name of this mountain, and after catching up to some other hikers, we discovered that potty jokes are apparently ageless — which of course is…
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I was having a little trouble remembering what happened on the 23rd, so I asked the kids, “what did we do yesterday guys?” Their response: “uh… We hiked.” I guess that about sums it up.
Read MoreApril 22 – The saga of the socks
So the kids have favorite hiking socks. They were a gift from their aunt Barb who brought them back from a backpacking trip in Alaska. The kids each have a pair with a picture of a husky on them and…
Read MoreApril 21-22 – Hot Springs
We got into Hot Springs, NC early on the 21st after an easy 3 miles, had a great breakfast at the local diner, then checked in to our first hotel stay of the trip at Laughing Heart Lodge. We spent…
Read MoreApril 20 – (f)Easter Sunday
Orion announces the hikers trying to sneak by to catch Easter sunrise on Max Patch, the grassy bald that was originally cleared by loggers, kept clear for decades by sheep, and now burned and mowed by the forest service. We…
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Up early and in to Standing Bear Farm where we bought eggs, sausage and English muffins and made breakfast sandwiches until we were full. The kids learned to play Texas Hold’em with Skittles loaned from fellow hiker Twelve Percent.
Read MoreApril 18 – Orion returns
We woke up at a crowded shelter and separated from the crowd a bit by getting out on the early side. The location of the designated camping areas in the Smokies tends to dictate mileage, and we had planned on…
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A Family Adventure of the 2,185 mile hike from Georgia to Maine - 2014 
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