Wednesday the 29th of may - Amy and I are back in Gainesville, FL for the moment. After being sick for a month we finally decided that it was time to retreat to a comfort zone. When we left "the place" in Damascus, VA, I was not totally better from whatever was ailing me, but i was feeling better after a few days of antibiotics. So after a week off the trail we finally started walking. All was well for a bit but it was apparent that I was not yet heal...

Currently we are in Damascus VA. Amy and I have both been putting off setting up a journal for quite sometime now. We have finally done it though! To catch up on the past 450 miles- We started hiking the Appalchian Trail on April 7th 2008. The trail starts in Amacalola Falls, GA. From that point we hiked the 8 mile "approach trail" up to the top of Springer Mountain (the official start) before we could even start the A.T. Four days in, we stayed at ...