The Roaming Romantics

Hiked up Blood Mountain today. The ascent was gradual but long. Great view from the top before a treacherous, steep descent down. We ended at Mountain Crossing Outfitter. There was a tree outside full of boots/shoes that people throw up when they decide to give up and...

Today was a sad day, we had to give one of our party back to his family.  Had a great time though with him though. Now we are down to a party of four. We left Neel's Gap, passing through the outfitter.  It’s the only building the AT passes through. We had a relatively...

Started at Low Gap and did about 13 miles, including Blue Mountain. We took a quick break at a road that the trail crossed. Ran dry on water but was able to find a stream near the trail to refill. Ended the night with Ramen noodles and a pack of pink Salmon (not...

Had another foggy start to our day. We planned on a short 10 mile day to the Deep Gap shelter in order to get ahead of a thunder storm and set us up for a short 5 mile day tomorrow into town to resupply. The trail wasn’t too bad, aside from the long trek up and down...

A small storm blew through overnight.  Bright lightening around 4am. Stayed nice and dry in my hammock though.  Cuben fiber tarps with doors are awesome! We hiked a brief uphill then a long winding down hill that took us to the bottom and ended at Dick’s Creek Gap. We...

Cold Start to the morning! It was about 28 at the Hostel, glad we stayed, it was supposedly in the low teens overnight on the trail. The Hostel dropped us off back at the trail and we started our 13 mile trek to Muskrat Creek Shelter. There was a little bit of ice on...

Spring is coming slowly but surely on the trail! We had a cold night last night, but warmed up to the thirties for the start of the day.  After an initial rocky stretch there was a lot of good switch backs on the way up to Carter Gap. Part of the ridgeline looked like...

We got lucky again, dodging rain overnight. Started the day with precooked smoked bacon, instant coffee and classic rock blaring out of my phone.  If  bacon and “Eye of the Tiger” doesn’t get you going, I don’t know what will! It was another foggy morning as we...

After a stormy night, we packed our bags hopped on the shuttle and headed back to the trail.  As we were leaving, we got a nice send off from one of the party, Naked Savage. He had to wait in town on a package, but was also in bad shape from blisters, 3 lost toenails...

It was another frosty morning on the trail. We didn’t get above freezing until well after midday when we dropped elevation and got out of the wind.  There was a little ice on the trail, but nothing too bad. The first half of the day was great, clear sky and an easy...