Kirk's oldest nephew, Keith, came to visit us this week. He is through-hiking the Appalachian Trail this summer. For those of you not familiar, the "AT" runs from Georgia to Maine - 2,175 miles!
Keith took Greyhound from Ohio to Chattanooga and stayed with us for a week. He helped us out around the house and with watching Sam - which was great. We took him to the store to pick up the last few things that he needed to begin his trek. Then we drove him down to Amicolola State Park in the north Georgia mountains - which is the Gateway to the Appalachian Trail - and is about 1 1/2 hours from our house. Here's the family at the bottom of the falls.
As you can see, Sam was mesmerized by the waterfall. Kirk, Keith, Sam and Rosco climbed a couple of hundred stairs to start the trail. I drove the car to the top and met them there.
We decided to hike the first few miles of the trail with Keith. Here we are on our way.
About 2 miles up the trail, we turned around and left Keith to head off on his own. We hope to see him in about 2,170 miles! If anyone is on or around the AT this summer, keep an eye out for "Huck Finn" (everyone through-hiking the AT goes by trail names).
He's hoping to finish up in September. Since we'll be living in Maine then - we hope to meet him to hike the last few miles with him (and buy him his first "I've hiked the whole AT" beer). If you want to live vicariously through Keith (like we are), you can follow his journey on the AT here: http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=263500
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