Bout to head towards the airport to katch the flight from Phoenix to Atlanta. The Chad will be meeting me in the Atlanta airport with or without our alcohol stove (TSA...not so backpacking-friendly, ship your stuff ahead of time if you possess the forethought/planning skills). We'll be staying at Hiker Hostel near the trailhead Sunday eve - they pick ya up, give you a bunk, breakfast (best be pancakes), fuel for your stove, hopefully matches or a lighter since we will be without (TSA, again) all for a lovely thru-hiker special. We start out tomorrow AM!
Our grand plan is to get to Rock Gap over the NC state line at mile 103 by next Monday 4/20 to get the Chad to his shuttle from the trailhead back to the Atlanta airport and give him hard-guy points. Unfortunately we'll have to average 15mi days or so to reach said point and we will soon find out whether this is humanly possible for us city-folk who have done no training except for some brief urban hiking stints up and down Conn Ave back in DC.
In other news, my kousin Tom got married yesterday to a lovely young lady who happens to have Kimberly Marie as her first and middle name (congrats again!). The Kimberley Marie McKee's now roll two-strong. Look out world. Speaking of names, send trail name suggestions - avoid boy-band references please.
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