Spike's Mom's 2025 Appalachian Trail Journal : Day 6: Big Miles (for Me) : Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals Between 2019 and 2024, Spike and I have completed about 3/4 of the Appalachian Trail -- everything from Damascus, VA to Katahdin.  This year we have our sights set on completing the section from Sprin...

Day 6 of our 2025 #AppalacianTrail hike: www.trailjournals.com/journal/entr...

We saw a bear family! This was a fun way to end another year of AT section hiking. It's short! Please enjoy. #hiking #outdoor #backpacking #vlog #AppalacianTrail #forest #animalencounter #seniorhiker
#naturephotography #landscapes

Went up Mt Cole in #Virginia to watch the sunset with the wildfire smoke making filters. Could not capture the true beauty. The sun was purple, pink, and yellow.

#hiking
#photography
#appalaciantrail
#getoutside to #nature

A reminder at the beginning of the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail near Manchester Vermont.

“Yes I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.”
~ Ruskin Bond

#FridayForest #LongTrail
#AppalacianTrail
#Nature #Peace #Photography

I'm knitting on a rock with my hiking gear nearby. Forest scenery in the background

Casual knitting on the Appalachian trail 😌

#knitting #hiking #appalaciantrail #knitsky #knitsustainably 🧶

Heaven is real and it's closer than you think.
#photography #GSMNP #appalaciantrail #eastcoastkin #landscape

Five weeks until the first section hike of the year. Jumping south to warmer temps to kick things off. Getting exciting! I'll be in southern VA with a tribe of friends. Anyone out there I might run into?
#appalaciantrail #at2025 #backpacking #Sectionhiker

I was absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to make this #jrrtolkien styled map of the #appalaciantrail celebrating my client’s feat of hiking the trail
#tattoo #lotrtattoo #trektheat #thetrek #hiking #neworleanstattooartist

Foreground is a lake with rippled surface. Rocks visible under the water. Background is bare trees and blue sky with white fluffy clouds.

#trailrunning #appalaciantrail #gorillas Day Two of my Backyard Appalachian Trail (BYAT) attempt is in the books. Total miles so far 13.55. This picture is of Sunfish Pond from the AT on 1-5-25. I have linked the attempt to a fundraiser for the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. Link is in bio.

Trail between bare trees. The ground is covered in brown leaves. The sky is grey. One tree has a white rectangle on it.

#trailrunners #appalaciantrail I am still buzzing from starting what I am calling a "backyard Appalachian Trail" (BYAT) where I am collecting my miles on the AT in an attempt to collect a total of 2200 miles. This photo was from 1-1-25 (BYAT day 1).

For #ThrowbackThursday

The #AppalacianTrail circa 2014. #hikerchat