On my Appalachian Trail plans

[nowalmart]

This weekend I spent at Hungry Mother State Park, in western Virginia. While there some friends of mine and I went and did an out-and-back dayhike along a section of the AT near Mount Rogers. We saw the famous wild ponies, and had lunch at the Thomas Knob Shelter. It was a short hike, about 6.5 miles total.

The next day we hiked to the top of Molly's Knob. About 1.5 miles each way, for another out-and-back hike.

Future plans:
My roommate has a conference in early March at Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia. I think I am going to hitch a ride and then do a simple two-day up-and-back along the 8.5 mile approach trail to Springer Mountain. Nice 17 miles in two days.

Later in March I am going to do the Georgia section of the Benton MacKaye Trail. It is about 92 miles from Springer Mountain to the US Hwy 64 crossing. Should be a nice week out on the trail.

More information about the BMT:

• GORP description
• Wikipedia entry
• NYTimes Map of the trail

Ahh, the sweet freedom of unemployment...

Comments

[pyrona.livejournal.com]

Keep me posted on the amicalola plans; I've been looking for an excuse to go up there. I'm not buff enough to pull off 17 miles, but I might be able to do a subset of that with you :]

[nowalmart.livejournal.com]

Looks like the conference is 11-12 March 2008, a Tuesday/Wednesday.

I would definitely like to see you out on the trail! I am sure we can figure out some compromise on the mileage.

[everyoneiknow.livejournal.com]

im starting to get excited about my semi-unemployment this summer (before & after camp) . . .

right now i planning on a week in la at some point w/ a friend who is moving out there, and maybe a week or two in boston. are you still thinking about moving back there? and probably a couple of weeks in kansas city, since im planning a 5-year reunion there. . . i might just chill there w/ friends for a week or two. wow thats really fun to say, im kinda liking this lifestyle. :)