AT Preparation

We came home from New Zealand on March 21st, 2014 and took the next three weeks preparing for our Appalachian Trail Journey. You can read about our prep in a five part series and we’ll review it when we finish the trail. This is a sampling of our better pictures from the three weeks in Maine ranging from physical, food, gear and even logistical prep.

Lindsay going for an evening walk with the pooch

Lindsay, Becky (Clay’s sister-in-law) and Clay at the end of a snowshoe up White Cap Mountain in Andover, Maine

Lindsay after snowshoeing to the top of Whitecap Mountain

Whitecap Mountain, looking down towards Andover and the Maine section of the AT

Doing the lifting thing again, love the basement gym!

Our starting gear layout for the Appalachian Trail

Lindsays clothing layout for the start of the Appalachian Trail

Clays initial clothing layout

Hunters equipment for his Appalachian Trail Hike

Hunter is NOT impressed with his backpack!

There is a reason we used a dry-erase marker in our planning…

Our ‘working copy’ of a 6 month resupply plan.

Lindsay studying the mileage books and plotting mail drops

Clay dehydrating blueberries!

The aftermath of putting 450 Powerbars, 300 poptarts and many more into individual boxes