With spring approaching March is providing us everything it's capable of, snow, rain, warmth and cold. The actual astronomical first day of spring sounds nice but doesn't really mean much in real life. Most of Carol and my weather concerns are keeping up with what Ian and Ali have been dealing with on the Appalachian Trail. A lot of damp cloudy days, some wicked snow storms in the mountains with whiteout conditions and times where to make any progress means following in post hole steps through deep snow from a previous hikers. They seem to be in good spirits though as in this technological age staying in contact somewhat regularly is easier then ever with texts and calling so we can track their progress and mindset. Despite some minor setbacks they are making great progress and tonight will be staying in the Cherry Gap Shelter just inside of Tennessee. They'll be coming into more level terrain soon which extends up to New England expecting to do 17 to 20 miles a day - still a lot of miles to cover.
This picture was taken at a hostel
near the AT early on in the hike.
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