It’s day 29 (March 18th) since I started my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail and a little over 2 weeks since I left the trail due to a death. The United States has lost its mind. People are hoarding toilet paper due to a new respiratory virus (COVID-19 aka Coronavirus). Soap, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer, […]

Day 11-27 since my thru-hike started was spent mostly in a blur of sorts. I know I had a lot of followers worried and I am sorry about that! I will be back on the trail though =) My knee and ankle are fine. I spent Day 11 & 12 letting them rest. I did […]

Day 9 was a zero-day for me as I try and get my head back in the game and dodge the frigid cold temperatures of the day (windchill made it feel like single digits). I used this time to make a video reflecting on what I was feeling. I feel like so many YouTubers do […]

Day 8 started with me waking up to a wet sleeping bag (quilt). Well, my toebox was drenched. It took me a while to figure out what happened. Apparently in all my tossing and turning last night and the fact that the inside tent was falling, it caused the floating floor to go under the […]

Day 7 started out with a late checkout from the hotel. We got a ride to Neel Gap from our shuttle driver Splitter. After a quick drop off of un-needed food in the hiker box, we got our rain gear on and headed to the trail which goes through the building. It was so awesome […]

Day 6 is our first zero of the hike! Today we spent time doing laundry and resupplying. The coolest part was meeting Shiitake and her husband Spruce Lee; both Trail Angles that thru hiked the trail the previous year. =) They live right there in Blairsville and took us to Walmart and dropped us off […]

Day 5 was an amazing day! We left Jarrad Gap to head towards Neel Gap (and climb Blood Mountain) on time. It was sunny but cold. Perfect for climbing a mountain. The climb up Blood Mountain was not nearly as bad as everyone said it would be. Sure it wasn’t a cakewalk, but it was […]

Day 4 started out early with frost on the inside of my rain fly and was our longest day yet! But what a beautiful day full of sunshine, even if it was cold. We finally got some amazing views which made the climbs so worth it. My left knee started acting up, more like killing […]

We decided to check out of the hotel at check out time instead of early to get our money’s worth =) Day 3 was going to be a nero. While we did lose one Tramily member, we picked up another (Matthew) for a couple of days. The hike to Gooch Mountain Shelter from Cooper Gap […]

Day 2 of my Appalachian Trail thru-hike started off wet and cold. The plan was to make to Gooch Mountain Shelter before the snow started (that also seemed to be everyone else’s plan as well). Unfortunately, that did not happen. Not too many views on Day 2 due to the rain except for one, on […]

Day 1 (and Day 0) of my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I am trying to get the hang of hiking, managing my social media accounts, producing videos, producing content on the towns, and blogging. My journey isn’t just about just hiking the AT, but about the towns and people along the way as well. For most, […]