The List: Hike to the Start of the Appalachian Trail

Birthday List Beginnings

When I turned 30, I decided to make a list of 30 things that I had not done that I wanted to try to accomplish in my 30th year. After all, life is short, and I want to go out knowing that I truly LIVED the life that I had.

That year's amazing experiences, adventures, and fun times make me want to keep the list going. I've decided to use this blog space to document the adventures...and to update and add to the list each year.

To see what I've accomplished, click on the archive links on the right to go to specific items from the list in order of the date they were accomplished. New, partially accomplished, or not started items can be found under "November 2011," since I have the year to work on them.

Let me know what adventures you'd like to join me in! You can use the "comment" function to leave me notes. I hope I inspire you to create a list of your own...let me know and if you need someone to join you in your adventures. I'll probably be up for it!

November 20, 2011

Hike to the Start of the Appalachian Trail - partial 3/31/07 and 11/19/06

A group of friends coordinated a trip up to the Len Foote Hike Inn. It's a lodge 5 miles into the woods near to the start of the AT. As it turns out, it's best to hike to the Inn the first night, hike to the AT the next day and spend one more night at the Inn before hiking back home. So I still need to go up and try it again. :)

We had a wonderful weekend. The Inn is eco-friendly with a vermiculture and humanure system for turning wasted into useful fertilizer.

On November 19, 2006, I did an exploratory hike at Amicalola Falls State Park with Krista Kornylo to get a sense of how long and hard it would be to do the hike.