Planning for an Appalachian Trail thru hike is a pretty involved process. Beyond the pounds of dried food we produced and stored, there's also gear to consider (and every ounce counts, so choose wisely), spare money, emergency plans, bail-out plans, and even reading the occasional map or book.
Mindy and had a lot of it under control, but not quite enough apparently. Life threw some pretty big twists at us this summer, and consequently we won't be hiking the AT this year. We're going to try and hike The Long Trail in Vermont though. It's a much shorter hike (about 300 miles). The shorter time and distance just works much better for what we can spare for time and money right now. More on this later.
In the mean-time though, we're on our way to Burning Man! We're in bumper to bumper traffic, and haven't managed to get out of CT yet, but we're on our way! This year it's a bit different for us, as we're in Steve's truck with a trailer (Thanks Aunt V and Uncle D!!) The neon was a bit upset she's going to miss this year's burn, but we reminded her this year's theme was Rites of Passage and that Steve's car needs a chance to go too. As a giving burner-car she didn't have an issue with that.
Looks like traffic is lightening up. Weeeeeeeeeeeee!
Sounds like you guys are off to a good start. One of these days I'd love to head out there myself. I look forward to your updates and seeing how everything goes! Have fun!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jessica. Things are well underway now. Both the cross country trip and the Burn are worth doing at least once. Might as well combine them right?
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