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| The beginning of the trail. |
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We
successfully made it the 144 miles to McKee, KY and have been home for
nearly a week. Twelve days in the woods went way too fast. The day
before we planned to leave, I found out my bank account had some fraudulent charges
so I had to cancel my debit card. I took some cash with me and a credit
card that I would later learn was expired. Along the hike at one gas
station along the way we debated if we could afford a hamburger and
still have enough money to buy gas for the way home. We ended up
getting two double cheeseburgers. When we got home I had $0.81 left in
my pocket and less than 1/4 tank of gas!
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| The trail in Pickett State Park. |
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Overall
the hike went relatively well. We tried out some new gear,
taste-tested some new backpacking recipes, and tried to remember what it
was like to have nothing to do but walk. The trail was easy compared
to the AT, but had several areas with challenging blowdowns, the biggest
challenge on the southern half of the trail. The latter part of our
hike contained more road walking and following ATV trails. Other than
one confusing section north of Cumberland Falls, the trail was well
marked.
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| Wander demonstrates proper fording technique. |
We had to ford four streams along the way, not to mention the dozens of smaller streams that we could walk across.
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