Day 3 neals gap

Miles hiked 11.9

It was a long wet and cold day, but sassafras was still in a great mood.  We hiked over blood mountain.  The mountain was in a cloud with no view.

We are now at mountain crossings hostel, run by our friend pirate. We also met Baltimore jack, and he was very nice to sassafras. We also met lumpy who gave us a ride back to amacola last year.

We did our resupply for the next 4 days. They had a very nice selection,  and it was less expensive than mailing the same things here.

It is suppose to be very bad weather tomorrow,  so we will take a zero at a cabin tomorrow.

Today was a good day to hike in the fog. It was fun just to stay at the hostile today for little than half the day. - sassafras

Below are pictures of sassafras and Baltimore jack and sassafras and pirate. Both trail legends.

Day two woodys gap

We hiked 12.9 miles today. It was cool and cloudy. We had ice oin our water bottles this morning.  We feel good and sassafras talked all day. It is nice to hear what she is thinking.  We are in good spirits.  We are looking forward to getting to neals gap and have some town food, a bunk, take a shower and do some laundry.  We are in good spirits,  physical t we feel well, it looks like a stretch of cold rainy weather coming up.  This will be our first big test. Kaboose

Today was fun. The weather was greaf for this season. We hiked 12.9miles today longest day so far. We got trail magic middle of the hike today. - sassafras

Day one hawk mountain shelter.

Miles hiked: 8.1 mile (plus 0.9 up to spinger.

Today was great,  all is well. My legs felt good and sassafras did not kill me on the uphills.

We are hiking with z-man from Austin Texas and a group from white blaze (hikerboy and his crew.

It is cold even for us maniacs. It is windy and will be in the low 20's tonight and may snow tomorrow.  Our gear is working well. Kaboose

Today was great but it was cold today when the wind came. It was fun hiking this part of the section -sassafras

We are at the hiker hostel in Dahlonega Georgia

What we did today.
315am plow snow in maine
430am drive to Boston
1015am fly to Atlanta
130pm train ride
300pm van ride to walmart/subway/hostel.

We met hikers from Australia, texas, California and Minnesota.
We feel great and ready to get started.
Everyone at the hostel are great.  Kaboose

Today was great we did a lot of traveling but it was still fun to do. The plane was the most fun. -Sassafras

We fly out tomorrow.

We just got the call from Leigh from the hiker hostel to confirm our pick up at 3pm tomorrow.  We are packed and ready to get started.

Joyce is anxious, she knows that my leg that was crushed in a motorcycle accident has been bothering me. I think it will be ok with two days rest and some ibuprofen and Tylenol.

Sassafras is doing her part by resting on the couch.

We will. Post an update tomorrow.  - kaboose.

I can not wait to start the Appalachian Trail in i am so excited you will hear from us tomorrow when we go to Georgia. -Sassafras

Donate to Sassafra's Hike for Hunger

It's hard to believe we are leaving on our adventure in only 9 days. Several people have asked us what we would like them to do if they make a donation to their local food pantry in supports of Sassafras's Hike for Hunger.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY IN SUPPORT OF SASSAFRAS'S HIKE FOR HUNGER PLEASE POST HOW MANY POUNDS YOU DONATED ON THE SASSAFRAS AND KABOOSE A.T. ADVENTURE FACEBOOK PAGE:facebook- Sassafras and Kaboose A.T. Adventure

Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated!

Good bye party

They had a goodbye party for me at work today . I worked with some of these people for almost fourteenth years.  It was bitter sweet,  I enjoyed working with them, but the pressures of management were a lot. I received many generous gifts. Their generosity was humbleing. I will be looking forward to working with all of them as a staff nurse in six months or so.

I am using my fancy phone to type this, doing this daily will need some getting use to. I tried the voice recognition option, but I guess I mumble too much for it.