BMT Day 4 (Cherokee, NC)
(April 16, 2022, Saturday) Day 4 first half of the day on the trail Walked 5.3 miles in great time (2 hrs) from Camp 48 to Smokemont. Lisa poops a lot lol Total 31 miles since Day 1!! Hitched a ride to Cherokee in the back of a truck from a nice couple; so only had to...
BMT Day 3 (Piranha Waterfall)
Day 3 (April 15, 2022, Friday) Up around 8am with a lovely fire and gourmet breakfast of oatmeal and strawberry shake. Tea for Lisa and coffee for Ken. We’re going to do 6.9 miles today to the road, and then 6 miles walk or car-ride in to Cherokee to resupply. ...
BMT Day 2 (Moss Wars)
Day 2 (April 14, 2022, Thursday) Left camp around 9:15-9:30am, walking downhill most of the way maybe one little climb about a mile out and the rest was downhill. “there were oh my gosh that whole section was taken over here by Moss, and then there were three...
Read more“There were bear warriors with squirrel riders with chipmunk warrior dog types along the trail.”
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BMT Day 24 (Blue Ridge)
Day 24 (May 6, 2022, Friday) Cloudy cool morning at the shelter we had to ourselves. . . A beautiful hike and the easy walking road and the store closed at five but we were able to re-supply and they had wonderful cake at the store. We had considered stopping at...
BMT Day 23 (Shelter & Sacred Turtle Shell)
Day 23 (May 5, 2022, Thursday) “Whew! This was a long day. Oh yeah we made it to the shelter, the shelter was really nice.” The trail maintenance in Georgia has been really nice. Magical ferns everywhere! . . Flora abounds, new varieties and some...
BMT Day 22 (Georgia)
Day 22 (May 4, 2022, Wednesday) First full day in GA. Lisa slept great! No pain in the hip or back at all, most likely due to extracurricular activity the evening before!! Whoo hoo! Ken found a dick tick on him at 4am. “It didn’t give very good head no but it really...
BMT Day 21 (Sign-Eating Trees!)
Day 21 (May 3, 2022, Tuesday) 9:45 am back to Thunder Rock campground, started hiking at 10am and uphill 2200 feet. Fairly uneventful day. We discovered that Tennesseans (and their trees) do not like signs! ...
BMT Day 20 (Drug & Gun)
Day 20 (May 2, 2022, Monday) At 8:30 am picked up by Gary (Duck Town Copper Inn). What an amazing bunch of experiences he has lived, wrestling for 21 years, radio station DJ at two or 3 different stations 103.9 WPPL and a station in Dothan AL, the condom capital of...
BMT Day 24 (Blue Ridge)
“Lisa lost her trash bag rain-cover.”
BMT Day 12 (Stealth Camp)
Day 12 (April 24, 2022, Sunday) Day 12 was hard. “The only critters we saw were snails on poop and poop twice" "yeah twice and two other day hikers and it was hard a lotta hill climbs I guess all will be the same tomorrow”. "For the most part it was kind of an...
BMT Day 11 (1st ‘Real’ 0 Day)
Day 11 (April 23, 2022, Saturday) Fabulous Fontana Lodge restful and yummy food at Wildwood grill. Breakfast was at the Fontana Lodge.. "Oh my gosh, and their biscuits & gravy..." Did laundry and resupplied at the Fontana hiker closet and store, then filled out...
BMT Day 10 (Last Day in Smokies)
Day 10 (April 22, 2022, Friday) Arrived at Fontana Lodge. Not much to say, Lisa was tired. . 11.46 miles
BMT Day 9 (Stone Living Room)
Day 9 (April 21, 2022, Thursday) There was a tiny drizzle early this morning but mostly just a beautiful day. “Chipmunks and geese and geese and humans and humans we included humans but because they’ve been such a rare species today at least over a dozen humans were...