Start Date – April 12, 2010… sort of… oops!

After several exciting days in the desert and a road trip with Audry down the Goergia, I showed up at the trail head of the Appalachian Trail on April 12.

Back pack on and ready to start walking, I search for my wallet to give Audry some extra gas $$. Uuuum, where is that wallet? GONE, probably in the parking lot of a rite aid about 2 hours away. Sweet.

No id, no health insurance, no debit cards and $140 down the drain. Nothing to do but suck it up. There’s no cell phone service at the trail head so we had to drive down to the state park to make some phone calls, then I sent Audry on her way.

The next morning I began my hike except I was being punished. I would now have to hike an extra 8.5 miles almost all uphill just to reach the beginning of the AT.

AT Challenge #1 was a bit of a set back, but in the grand scheme of things no biggie. Things have been pretty fantastic since day 1.