We decided we were going to hike the Appalachian Trail at some point in November this year. We were visiting friends near Sacramento and watched a special about it on Netflix. Shortly after that we headed south to L.A. and spent a day with a friend who was in the midst of preparing for her thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail. (Read about that at http://www.pcta.org/) The combination of being on a long trip like that and Sherri's talk about the adventure she was preparing for really gave us the impetus we needed to start planning our next adventure
After hemming and hawing over a date and how we wanted to go about this, we decided we are going to head out in a southbound direction on June 21st this year. This is a very short amount of time for prep for two out of shape 3rd shifters like us, but hey, if it wasn't for the last minute We'd never do anything at all! Southbound is not the traditional choice, but hiking the other way would have necessitated starting earlier in the year. Also, we like the idea that there will be less people in this direction.
At this point we're still very busy dehydrating food and procuring gear. We also need to make sure all of our business at home is taken care of for the 6 month period between June 21 and the end of December.
Maine to Georgia, 2188 miles and a lot of prep work to go. Oh, and we leave in 35 days
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