August 2011
6 posts
Gratitude
I love that my time spent on the trail fills me with appreciation for the amenities that I enjoy at home.
At home, I love every hot shower, I relish clean cotton bed sheets, and I am grateful for all the cold goodies that are accessible in my freezer and fridge.
One of the reasons I decided to return to the trail after my first thru-hike in 2005 was because after a few months I began to take...
“Love this - “We do not conquer mountains, nor tame the elements. The true...”
Reflections
It has been almost three weeks now since we finished the trail and in some ways it is all starting to feel like a dream. Brew and I returned home this past Sunday, and he started back to work today. Our house is the same, our friends are the same – if not more wonderful, and our little niece has a few more tricks, but she is still just as adorable and beautiful as when we left in June. If it were...
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Day 47 AKA The 19th Hole Start time: 12:01am End time: never
I’m sitting on the porch at our friends’ mountain house outside of Helen, Georgia, drinking 12-year Glenfiddich (Thanks again, Frank and Lauren!), checking emails, and gazing at some beautiful North Georgia mountains. Also, I’m wearing deodorant for the first time in 46 days. Here’s a brief rundown of the past few hours: Jen slept...
Recap of Unforgettable Finish
The Last Day- 36.2 miles Start time: 2:45am End time: 3:26pm
Jen, Carl, Maureen, and I woke up at 2:45 again. Jen was making some pretty terrible sounds as she got ready. Like, “I’ve been hiking 47 miles a day for 45 days straight and have gotten a total of 7.5 hours of sleep the last two nights” sort of sounds. Carl said, “This is how it feels.” We talked later about that and what he meant-...
More on Jen's 60 Mile Day
Note: Since we were post-dating the posts to protect Jen and the record, some of the “Days” got a little bit off. We were calling the “Days” the number of the day we wrote them, not the actual day. So, this post is the actual Day 45.
Be forewarned: day 45 was pretty epic, and the blog entry is longer than usual, which is saying something because these entries seem to...
