Tag: section hike
Posted on January 3, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Here in the Midwest we’ve had some pretty mild weather so far which is great as I have some plans for myself through January. I decided not to set any actual resolutions for…
Category: River to River Trail, Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, camping, epic social adventures, goals, happy, health, hike, hiking, illinois, life, love, mental health, missouri, national park, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, section hike, summer, travel, vacation, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on November 3, 2018
by Jennifer Potts
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High Knob Campground to ShawneeMart, Eddyville IL, October 20 – 22. Kirstin and I left town around 8am on Saturday to meet Heather at High Knob. Heather started her section Friday morning (after camping out solo at Elizabethtown, the Eastern terminus of the River…
Category: River to River Trail, UncategorizedTags: adventure, aha wnee, backpacking, camping, fall, friends, happy, health, hike, hiking, illinois, life, mental health, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, r2r, river to river trail, roadtrip, section hike, shawnee national forest, travel, weekend, weekend warriors, winter camping
Posted on February 13, 2018
by Jennifer Potts
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One of these days I will actually finish the rest of my AT Journal! Please accept this continuation for today’s Trail Tuesday. You can read previous AT entries by clicking here. Wednesday, October 4 B drank a lot of Wild Turkey last night. He…
Category: Trail Tuesday, Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, epic social adventures, hike, hiking, nature, opt outside, outdoors, section hike, travel, virginia
Posted on January 26, 2018
by Jennifer Potts
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Sunrise, hiking up McAfee Knob – Catawba, VA
Category: UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, fall, hiking, love, McAfee Knob, opt outside, outdoors, photo, Photo Friday, roadtrip, section hike, travel, vacation, virginia
Posted on November 15, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Tuesday October 3 We woke up before the sun again today and left our cozy cabin at Lewis Mountain Campground around 7:15am. Before we got on the trail I had to stop at the bathrooms because I was feeling…a little rumbly. Heh. We carried…
Category: Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, hiking, life, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, section hike, shenandoah national park, travel, vacation, virginia, weekend
Posted on November 6, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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*Nightly I would quickly type out a general summary of our day. Post trip, I have been editing them and filling in some blanks! Apologies for the late posts, heh…I have been busy and up to so much and I need to catch up…
Category: Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, camping, fall, hike, hiking, nature, opt outside, section hike, shenandoah national park, travel, virginia, weekend warriors
Posted on October 17, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Saturday Sept. 30th – End of day Temp. Hi – 66* / Lo – 45* Miles hiked so far – 16 Nobody hiked in to the shelter or vicinity last night. It was just us and we were being shaken by wind consistently throughout…
Category: Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, fall, hike, hiking, national park, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, section hike, shenandoah national park, skyland resort, travel, vacation, virginia
Posted on October 8, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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And just like that, we were back home. In the wake of returning to normal, every day work life tomorrow – I find myself with no energy, sighing loudly every few minutes and trying to avoid thoughts of the overwhelmingly busy reality that’s about…
Category: Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, Appalachian trail 2017, AT, backpacking, find your park, hiking, love, opt outside, roadtrip, section hike, shenandoah, shenandoah national park, travel, virginia, Virginia hiking
Posted on February 22, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Last September when we visited the Smoky Mountains, we stopped at Clingman’s Dome. Off the paved trail there was a trailhead leading to a section of the AT. That was the very first time I thought to myself that I wanted to walk on…
Category: UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, big meadows, inn to inn, lewis mountain, love, nature, opt outside, section hike, skyland resort, skyline drive, SOBO, swift run gap, thornton gap
Posted on February 6, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Seeing so many people posting trail pictures on IG this week. I’m ready to get back OUT THERE! Making it happen this weekend rain or shine. Then B and I have camping plans for the weekend after Valentine’s Day. Is it spring yet? I…
Category: UncategorizedTags: appalachian trail, camping, hiker trash, hiking, new hampshire, pct, section hike, section hiker, shenandoah, training, virginia
