Tennessee Bound
Well it is time to really look at my gear for the little trip I have planned for the middle of March. Yes, the first "big hike" of the year is fast approaching and I am looking forward to being able to take a quick break from the day to day issues and only worry about the weather, food, hypothermia, bears, mountains, blishers, sore joints while enjoying the vista present before spring arrives and the forest hides those beautiful views with a curtain of green foliage.
I will be hiking with one of my closets friends, nay my best friend and it shall be an adventure. He is attempting his first backpacking trip on the AT and I, well let's just say I am neediing to get out and and roam some trails. So, it should be interesting. The plan is to head into Damascus and catch a shuttle down into Tennessee and take 4 days and hike back to Damascus. 40 miles should be a great first hike of the year. That is if the weather cooperates!!! March in the mountains could have some interesting weather patterns.
Not much else is going on at the moment, I just wanted to let everyone know what I was up to recently.
Hiking my own hike today..
CW.
The weather has been so crazy this year. Some of my friends thru hiking right now are still having snow, ice and 5 degree weather in Georgia and the Smokies. Today, they are expecting 1-2 feet of snow to the already record fall amounts in Maine. I am so glad I have pushed back my SOBO journey to June. I'm sure I will still have to walk around some fords at this rate. I am so jealous you are going hiking. I would say I could work on being anorexic so I would be small amount of ounces to sneak in your pack but I LOVE to eat so that will never happen. LOL. I will have to be patient and wait. I hope you have an amazing hike!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my little space on the Internet! I should be begging to be smuggled in your pack in a couple of months. LOL. The hike was awesome albeit the weather sucked. Oh well, sometimes as Dark age says, "Embrace the Suck".
ReplyDeleteI hope your prep is going well and I will definitely follow your hike as well.
CW