tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229231212011-04-21T20:49:55.684-04:00Suzi Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02813663002548338416noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22923121.post-1146101821253182572006-04-26T21:14:00.000-04:002006-04-26T21:42:00.986-04:00<span style="color:#006600;">Well, we have now hiked over 300 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia. We are still hiking on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. We are having a blast! Today was very rainy with a few thunderheads, so we took a short cut to Erwin, TN. We will get back to the trail to complete what we skipped on this shortcut. </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">We are learning to carry just enough food to get to the next resupply opportunity. Food is very heavy. Right now our packs weigh about 40 some pounds with 6 days of food and 3-4 liters of water. We carry more water than most hikers, but we drink it by the end of the day. When we carry 3 days of food our packs are around 35 lbs or less! It sounds small, but it is a big difference!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">We rarely get to spend much time, if any, online so we do not update this very often. We try to tell the story with the pictures which we send back when we run through towns. Soon you will be able to see photos from Gatlinburg, TN to Erwin, TN. So the first half will be in the Great Smoky Mountains. After Davenport Gap starting with Lani shaving all the hair off one of our fellow hikers, at her request, we are mostly on the TN/NC stateline. </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">We love to get snail mail at our town stops about the stuff you are all doing. We will try to respond as quickly as we can.</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">9:00pm is "Hiker Midnight" and we are ususually in bed before dark. It is way past our bedtime...</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">It is a good Life!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Suzi Lani</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22923121-114610182125318257?l=trail2006comments.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suzi Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02813663002548338416noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22923121.post-1140737790788339562006-02-23T18:29:00.000-05:002006-02-24T10:04:25.333-05:00<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;">We are almost ready to head out for the Appalachian<br />Trail. Our packs are packed at only 14 lbs. before food and clothing! Our food is prepacked and ready for easy shipment to us along the way. Our cats are with one of our little sisters. Our dog is ready to stay with our parents. Still we have some things to complete. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;">We hope you will follow our adventure, share your positive thoughts and ask your questions. We know this will be a life changing adventure and this is here for us to stay connected with you while being so far apart!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22923121-114073779078833956?l=trail2006comments.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suzi Lanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02813663002548338416noreply@blogger.com15