5 July 2014
The Appalachian Trail is a walking track running for about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) through eastern USA from Springer Mountain in Georgia in the south to Mount Katahdin in Maine near Nova Scotia in the north. The trail passes through 14 states of the USA.
Our plan was to spend 7 to 8 days walking the AT in a northerly direction from Hogwallow Flat in Virginia to Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, a distance of about 100 km.
Day 1: Walk about 10 km to the Tom Floyd Wayside shelter. At this shelter we were joined by 2 or 3 other hikers for the night. One couple was from Washington state. She was a Professor of Cello and, believe it or not, had a full size cello strapped to her pack! Apparently her and her husband do a lot of trail and mountain walking back in their home state with the cello "in tow".
Oh, it was so lovely to drift off to sleep with the strains of Bach's cello concerto and Sting's "Fields of Gold" in my ears!
Our place for the night.
Have Cello, Will Travel
The bear pole - a place to hang food to keep hungry bears at bay.
Our water supply.
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