Blog Archives

Appalachian Trail: Pre-Trail Gear Changes
Since we had to come home briefly from our BamaToBaxter hike due to Suspenders' health issues, we decided to make some gear changes before heading ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 29: Oakey Mountain
Oakey Mountain isn't as tall as Dugger Mountain, but man it kicked our butts worse than Dugger did. It took us 9 1/2 hours, and ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 28: Dugger Mountain & Plane Wreckage
Today, we started the "harder" section. It honestly felt the same as all the others, lmao. Yes, the climb was longer and more significant, but ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 26 & 27: Laurel Shelter to Burns Trailhead & a Zero Day
After a poor night's sleep, we woke up, had breakfast, and headed out. The plan was to go to a shelter 1.5 miles from the ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 25: Pine Glen Campground to Laurel Shelter (& a Ghostly Tale)
The trail leading out of Pine Glen Campground is super nice, and I am not just saying that because it is flat, lol. The trail ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 23 & 24: Slackpacking & a Zero
Pinhoti Trail Day 23: Slackpacked 14 miles Today, we slackpacked from the start of the Heflin Spur to Pine Glen Campground for 14 miles! We ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 22: Hiking to Heflin
We headed out today with our full packs that were full of groceries we had bought for the hostel. I didn't want to waste food, ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 20 & 21
Pinhoti Trail Day 20 It was a wet night and morning. Thankfully, we only had about 3ish miles to do. We decided to stay at ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 19: First Real Water Crossing
Today, we hiked from Hwy 281 to Whitley Jean Campsite. It wasn't a bad day at all. The Total Ascent for the day was 781.2ft, ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 17 & 18: Double Zero – Waiting for a Package
We spent Days 17 and 18 in Oxford, waiting for a package from my mom. The package contained my wallet, which I accidentally left in ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 16: Stairway to Heaven
Today was absolutely beautiful and brutal all at the same time. Today we did the Stairway to Heaven (we gave it a different name) and ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 15: Adams Gap to Mile 79.7 / Jerry has a Trail Name!
We officially entered the Cheaha Wilderness area. We did a nero today because we wanted to get into camp early enough to have plenty of ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 13 (and 14): Clairmont Gap to Adams Gap
Well we are back on the Pinhoti Trail and this time Jerry is with us. Of course, the day I planned on starting back up ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 11 & 12
Day 11 The pain in my shoulders was worse with the pack on, but I aimed to push through and hoped it would eventually disappear ...

Pinhoti Trail Day 9 (& 10): Mile 53.8 to Porters Gap
Pinhoti Trail Day 9 and we are headed into town for our first zero. We got up early so we could start making our way ...