My next hike on the amazing Appalachian Trail will take place in a little over a week. My daughter, Shauni and her boyfriend, Alex will head out with me to Harpers Ferry after dropping a vehicle near Bear's Den on Rt 7 in Virginia. We will head south on the trail by climbing up to Loudoun Heights at a fairly steep angle. Once on top of the ridge, will follow it south until we enter the "Roller Coaster". We will do a few hoops of that before coming down to Route 7 at Snickers Gap and the end of our hike. The plan is three days of hiking from around 6 to 9 miles each day. I like keeping the plan fluid. I created around 6 or 7 scenarios for the hike and we will probably wind up doing some hybrid of a couple of them. We will hike to our abilities and stay flexible to each situation. I can't wait!
I am getting excited once again. Every time I step onto that amazing foot path and see the first white blaze, my heart speeds up and a smile draws itself across my face. I love being on that path, with everything I need on my back and nothing but time to kill and miles to go.
Keep calling me AT. I will be back on you, doing the miles before too long...
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