It is hard to believe it has been two years since I began my hike on the Appalachian Trail! Last Wednesday, the two year anniversary of my Thru-Hike beginning, Tom's brother, Tim "Maine Man" Humphries, began his own Thru-Hike. So now I am living vicariously through him hiking the A.T., the same as he did when I hiked. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about the Trail. It was truly the adventure of a lifetime! I am not now, nor ever was a backpacker. That is why today, as I hear that Tim is having a rough day on the Trail, because the weather is horrendous in the mountains of north Georgia today, I can not believe I persevered through many days just like he is having today and actually completed all 2,181 miles! It is still hard to wrap my mind around that! Did I really walk 2,181 miles? I am still truly amazed that I did that! Crazy, huh?
I am once again reading my daily journal each day from my hike, to recall where I was and how I felt on this day, two years ago. Here are a few photos from the first few days of my 2011 Hike.
Tom "Pyro" & Erma "Flame" on Day 1
Pigeon & Flame on Day 4
Ali "Lil' Pook" giving BooBoo to Flame on Day 5
Sunrise on Day 7
Flame, Pyro, & Pigeon on Day 7
What a life changing experience!
If you would like to follow along with my brother-in-law, Tim "Maine Man", on his Thru-Hike, you can to www.trailjournals.com and search for him.
Tom and I will be cheering him along by signing his guestbook on Trail Journals, writing him letters, sending him good stuff to eat, and plan to go out there to see him somewhere along his way.
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