18.9 Miles in a Day!
Hey Everyone!
We made it through the Great Smoky Mountains safe and sound..........no bear attacks or unfortunately even sightings. But we did see lots of amazing views, meet really interesting folks, and hike lots and lots of miles.
The weather was great until Friday, cinco de mayo (no margaritas for us), when it began to rain about half way through our day. Everything (boots, hair, clothes, EVERYTHING!!) was soaking wet. Exhausted and relieved to be at the shelter on Friday around 4 pm, we laid our things out to dry. With the weather as cold and damp as it was outside all night long, our clothes came no where close to being dry. So we were stuck with damp, cold, dirty clothes to hike in on Saturday morning. After about an hour and a half of hiking in fog, the sun came out! Feeling in much better spirits, we decided to press on to the nearest hostel (Standing Bear) which pushed us to do our longest day yet ... 18.9 miles!
We are getting up and out early tomorrow morning and hitting the trail for another three or four day stretch until we get to Hot Springs, NC, where we will meet up with Momma Charlotte aka "Backseat Hollywood" for the weekend. We are staying at a hiker hostel/B&B called "Elmer's". It's legendary among thru-hikers and we've been really looking forward to checking it out.
So I guess that's about it for updates on our part. We think of all of you very often and hope this email finds you well. We have lots and lots of time on our hands to think about things and some of the most consistently thought of and talked about things are the people for whom we love and care!
Thanks so much for taking time to look at the updates on our website. It means a lot to us! Please leave comments and let us know what is going on in your lives.
Take care,
Big and Bedbug
www.ourathike.com
posted by Jimmy & Jen @ 5/08/2006 10:37:00 AM
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4 Comments:
Hey guys! We are enjoying your updates. Glad all is going well. Morgan has started walking and will celebrate her 1st BD the end of the month. Emily has a dance recital soon and will be beautiful in a purple tutu! and Katy graduates from kindergarten on Mothers Day. Needless to say, we are busy. Plans for Disney at Thansgiving sound great, hope you two will be going with us! Stay in touch. Love, Chris, Melissa and the girls
So good to talk with you last evening. We can't help but wonder if the fellow who said he had a bear outside his tent wasn't just "pulling your strings" for some FUN!! If not, then "in the yard" is much too close to have a bear in the middle of the night with only canvas separating us!! We are so happy for you two!! We love to hear about your travels. We have selected some trail names ourselves. Guess who this is. . . . .
Trip and I were have been in the Florida Keys since Thursday (5/4). We got your phone message, but you didn't say what day you left it. Anyhow, I wish we could meet you guys at Max Patch one evening, but have no clue when you guys will get there (you said two days, but we don't know when you left the message). We're so sorry to miss you, but please keep us updated on other places you'll be the next few weeks...we want to keep being your trail angels. We're thinking of you guys.... Much love, Tiffany and Trip
Hey Jen and Jimmy,
It is so good to hear that you guys are having a blast. Will be thinking of you often while you are out there on the trail. See you when you get back.
Love,
Brook
p.s. Josh and I have a blog as well [www.thepowellsblog.blogspot.com]...you should check it out. Of course, it is not near as interesting as yours!
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