Our Walk in the Woods - 2015 on the Appalachian Trail

Ironjen and Muskrat, newlyweds from Washington, DC put conventional life on hold and thru-hike the Appalachian Trail, punctuating the beginning of a new life in Colorado.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Backpacking Gear Inventory

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Back in 2004, after a very sad and painful, but ultimately good, parting with my first husband, and after I had been diagnosed with dermatom...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Required Reading: Appalachian Trials by Zach Davis

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Over the years since I discovered the dream of a thru-hike (1989), I have read a good bit about the AT.  There have been books, blogs and jo...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Test Hike in the Making

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This is arguably the most gorgeous summer weather I have ever seen in my 37 years in the DC area.  If you're not familiar with DC summer...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Nailing Down the Budget Part 1

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With eight short months until we leave on the trail, we are getting down to planning in earnest! We made our budget spreadsheet about month ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Pre-Trail Reading and Reflection

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This morning, as Muskrat recovers from some surgery he had yesterday, we finished David "AWOL" Miller's AWOL on the Appalachia...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Ironjen's Inspiration for a Thru-hike

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When I was twelve years old, the son of one of my dad’s high school friends thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.   My mo...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

Welcome to Our Journey. . .

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Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.  It's one of those things.  You know the things.  You read about them and think how cool it would be ...
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