Our pup, Hunter, joined us after Lindsay healed up from her tailbone dislocation to finish off our 2014 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike team; making us Hunter and The Fat Kids. Hunter is not your average pound dog and therefore not your average trail dog either. What they didn't tell us when we adopted him from the … Continue reading Hunter’s First 500 Miles
Author: The Smiths
A Section Hiker is a Thru-Hiker’s Best Friend
A section hiker is anyone out hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail; be it one hour or one month or anywhere in between. The typical section hiker though, is out for a three to seven day span and looking to hike under 100 miles. What is so good about most section hikers you ask? First off, … Continue reading A Section Hiker is a Thru-Hiker’s Best Friend
Springtime on the Appalachian Trail
Clay and I had been discussing the AT for years before we actually started our hike. In the many conversations we had, not once did we talk about the changing seasons. But this made sense; in normal everyday life we're busy people who are always headed somewhere with too little time. Sure the seasons are … Continue reading Springtime on the Appalachian Trail
Boots to Birks 