Setting the Stage

       This post is me setting the stage for my blog for my hike of the AT. I had this pathtag made to commemorate my hike, and also to give out on the trail. It's going to be some added weight, but I don't think that will be a problem.
       This week will be spent getting all the last minute things ready for my hike: buying food, packing my gear, getting my initial water supply ready, etc. My friends, Kim and Jeff, are taking me to Georgia on Friday and I plan to begin my hike, in earnest, on Tuesday morning. I'll spend Memorial Day weekend with them until Sunday evening, when they will drop me off at Amicalola Falls State Park. I'll spend Sunday night in the park, Monday morning I will hike the 8+ miles to Springer Mountain and the AT Trailhead. I plan to spend Monday night at the trailhead, get up on Tuesday morning, sign the log, post a picture to Facebook and to this blog, then turn off the electronics and start hiking!
       I may post some stuff this week as I prep for the trail to keep a log of everything I started with.  This way I'll know what was good and bad as I progress along the trail--and what I *should* have had as I started!

With the first post, my excitement grows....

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