It's easy to remember the feelings of excitement leading up to the beginning of our journey. The drive up from Stockbridge Georgia to the approach trail at Amicalola Falls only took a couple of hours. As we got closer to the trail the skies got darker and darker and eventually we were stuck in a pretty serious thunderstorm. We figured there would be no better time than the present to begin so we signed in and set out on our two and a half month journey down (or up) the AT.
Mom and Dad wanted to hike a little with us and we were more than glad to have their company. They turned back after we had our first bear encounter a few miles in.
The view from the top of the Falls.
The official starting point
The view from Springer Mountain.
We hiked 13 miles our first day - mostly uphill and through the rain. Needless to say we were completely wiped out. Here is the shelter we stayed at our first night. It was one of the nicest shelters we saw on the entire trail. We met a crazy woman there who had a run in with a bear that stole her food a few hours before we arrived.
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