What a Relief
Well Lyle and his fellow hikers have reached Fontana Dam. What a relief! They have a real hotel room with a shower and a nice bed. Quite an improvement over their last night off of the trail. It's so inviting they are taking a 0 day tomorrow (Thursday) to get caught up on laundry, eating and sleeping! Then it's off again early Friday to head into the Great Smokey National Park. The past few days have been very difficult--when they weren't hiking up they were hiking down. Each day was well over 10 miles to make it to good camping spots. They feel as though they have earned a day's rest. They have passed mile 147 now.
The weather has been great so they feel very fortunate. And they have heard they can make it through the Great Smokey's in 10 days without too much trouble. This should be a nice change of pace for these folks! The inclines are supposedly not as steep but the weather can be treacherous. They are looking forward to the scenery as Spring is beginning to make itself known in the high country.
Lyle has received his second mail drop. He had plans to mail more stuff home and says he's going to have to mail some of the food from the drop back home tioo. He is learning what he can live with and what he can live without. One of the things his group agrees on is that they have been packing too much food. So, he is going to weed through what he packed before he left and send home what he doesn't want. He is also sending home his D-50 Nikon digital camera and lens. He really wanted to carry it but has decided the inconveniece of the extra weight is greater than the possibility of missing a great shot. He just can't carry everything so it's making the trip back to Wisconsin. It's going to be very interesting opening that box when it gets here.
One of Lyle's group of 4--Hank--is dictating his experience and the commentary can be found on a website. I'm including a link to his site since he is going along at the same pace and experiencing the same things as Lyle right now. Hank's trail name is Catskill Eagle. Lyle's trail name--No Lines-- is becoming obsolete as he is getting tan lines around his tee shirt. We're thinking that he will be getting a different trail name before long! That's all for now. :)
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=4205
Here is another site with more information about the AT. In case you are a "dig into the details" kind of person this might be a fun way to pass away some time!
http://http://whiteblaze.net/forum/links/index.php?
The weather has been great so they feel very fortunate. And they have heard they can make it through the Great Smokey's in 10 days without too much trouble. This should be a nice change of pace for these folks! The inclines are supposedly not as steep but the weather can be treacherous. They are looking forward to the scenery as Spring is beginning to make itself known in the high country.
Lyle has received his second mail drop. He had plans to mail more stuff home and says he's going to have to mail some of the food from the drop back home tioo. He is learning what he can live with and what he can live without. One of the things his group agrees on is that they have been packing too much food. So, he is going to weed through what he packed before he left and send home what he doesn't want. He is also sending home his D-50 Nikon digital camera and lens. He really wanted to carry it but has decided the inconveniece of the extra weight is greater than the possibility of missing a great shot. He just can't carry everything so it's making the trip back to Wisconsin. It's going to be very interesting opening that box when it gets here.
One of Lyle's group of 4--Hank--is dictating his experience and the commentary can be found on a website. I'm including a link to his site since he is going along at the same pace and experiencing the same things as Lyle right now. Hank's trail name is Catskill Eagle. Lyle's trail name--No Lines-- is becoming obsolete as he is getting tan lines around his tee shirt. We're thinking that he will be getting a different trail name before long! That's all for now. :)
http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=4205
Here is another site with more information about the AT. In case you are a "dig into the details" kind of person this might be a fun way to pass away some time!
http://http://whiteblaze.net/forum/links/index.php?
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