Trail Moments

The Start of the Approach Trail at Amicalola Falls.

Me on the summit of Springer Mtn trying to unfold my Thank You Andie, or Thank You Accenture sign in the rain.

At the summit the next morning after the wild thunderstorm in the snow.

Crossing into North Carolina. One state down!

"The Professor," "Superman," "Cope," "Whip-poor-will," and "Sockeye" at the border.

The view from Mt Albert fire tower.

Spokes-model Sarah from the River's End cafe stylishly displaying my hiker calling card. Thank you Sarah for everything you do to help hikers!

A lazy zero day at the Fontana Hilton. When thru-hikers are not hiking, they lounge, eat and sleep. i have many pictures of thru-hikers sitting perfectly still :-).

Thanks to the youth group from Sulligent Alabama baptist church (I hope that's the right town - please let me know if it's not - We thought afterwards we should have taken a picture of your bus so we could remember. If you could send your names for picture that'd be awesome.). These great folks picked us up just outside of Gatlinburg and drove us back to the trail. They had great questions for us. They even turned around and came back because they found something we had dropped. hope you had a good hike at the falls and a blessed retreat! You are all Trail Angels!

The Noisy Boys on Charlie's Bunion. They have been dubbed the Fraternity. "Sockeye, Superman, Grizzly and Cope" Truly a great bunch of guys most of whom I have hiked with off and on since the beginning.

Me looking down from Charlie's Bunion. (Thanks Sockeye for the camera work).

A party on Max Patch with several groups of Trail Angels and many thru-hikers.

Trail Angels - Tracy Williams, Harrison "Mousetrap" Williams, Andy and Lesley Walden and Sara "Dragonslayer" Keister. Thank you so much for your marvelous generosity. You Rock!

"P.B., Climber, DragonSlayer" and another Trail Angel (I'm sorry I forgot your name) who met us on Max Patch with fruit, vegetables, soda, wine, beer, hotdogs, and cheese puffs! We never made it any further that day.

Hot Springs N.C. !!!