The Mother of all Trail Updates

Big and Bedbug dropped a load of photos and a few videos on me this week, so I've been ever so slowly posting them to the Flickr site and YouTube. In my brief messenger-based conversation with them, I devised that they are still enjoying the trail, still enjoying each other, and smell like Big's dorm room in college (some of you know what I'm talkin' 'bout). Follow the links below and enjoy!

Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Shelters with bear cages, Clingman's Dome, Icewater Shelter
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Max Patch, NC
A great big grassy bald that everyone sights as beings one of their favorite spots on the trail. Also, Bedbug finds some trail magic ... a bucket of PBR!
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Hot Springs, NC
Backseat Hollywood comes to visit and we stayed at Elmer’s Sunnybank Inn……notorious spot for hikers to rest their weary feet and souls. Hot Springs is the first town that the AT crosses through
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Miss Janet's House
Miss Janet's House is a crazy, fun hiker hostel right in the middle of the friendly Tennessee town of Erwin. Miss Janet has turned her wonderful home into a bunk house for hikers. She shuttles, cooks, cleans, welcomes, and anything else a hiker may need her to do. Southern hospitality personified! We hiked into here Wednesday and she shuttled us up to the TRAIL DAYS festival
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TrailDays
Trail Days is a festival held annually in the town of Damascus, VA for hikers, locals, families, and mostly people wanting to gather together and celebrate their love for the Appalachian Mountains and the great outdoors. It is a great chance for thru hikers past, present, and future to share stories, meals, and memories. We enjoyed it very much because it really gave us a chance to relax and get out of what we call “trail mode” where it is easy to focus on pumping out miles daily and forget about enjoying the experience. Now that we are back, we are ready to get back on the trail and ENJOY!!
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