This is a blog about a hike. Blogs are, of course, self indulgent enterprises, but it seems to me that this sort of undertaking could prove amusing to a wider audience. Even if you are not very amused, you will probably be more amused than I will be, as I will most likely be in great discomfort.
What's going on here?
In short, we are going to walk a long distance. The route is not set in stone yet, but we have some ideas. The current plan is a two stage venture. Part 1: Walk from Harper's Ferry WV into some part of Massachusetts via the Appalachian Trail. It's 486 miles from WV to the MA border, so let's call that leg of the trip 500 miles.
Part 1 makes me think of this song. The A.T. is really long, we won't have even covered 1/4 of it! It'll still be a long way for us, but on the bright side, the walking isn't supposed to be too hard through the midatlantic states.
After a few days, we will start part two of the trip: The Long Trail. The Long trail runs the full length of Vermont from the MA border to the Canadian border for 272 miles across the Green Mountains. This means we're going to be hiking up and down a lot of really big mountains! We plan to be in shape by then though, having already done 500.
And then, exhausted, disgusting, uncivilized, and having walked (we hope) almost 800 miles, we will go home. In theory we will be super fit and have a new outlook on life.
Who's we?
No, I have not yet gone crazy to the point of referring to myself with the royal we. Nor do I want to spend such a long time all alone in the woods. I'll be hiking with AJ, who will, I hope, join in the blogging. AJ's awesome and has all sort of life saving skills, which I hope we won't be needing.
There we are. We don't look like hikers just yet... but we will!
Sounds amazing Hannah, good luck! So camping out in the woods and wanting to kill each other are both a part of this, I assume?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll find it incredibly rewarding. By the way, I might have found the meaning of life, which was the question you had asked me when we had dinner that night about two weeks ago. I think it might be the unification of individualistic individuals to create and prosper in a loving and thriving environment.
I hope that answers your question. I'm sure it will be edited very soon. Again, good luck with everything and let us know how it goes!
Madison
I am hoping to find meaning in my trip to Brazil, and in whatever my activities for the rest of the summer may be.
ReplyDeleteHow exactly, my dear, do you plan to update this from the trail?
I love you.
Well, I'm not going to be updating from the trail... but we will have to be in a town every few days or so to get food, so maybe then. If that doesn't work out, I can do it retroactively from my old school blog (a.k.a. paper journal).
ReplyDeleteThank you both for the well wishes!