Start Date – April 13, 2010… seriously!

My first day I hiked about 13 miles, but only 4.5 of them were actually on the Appalachian Trail.

I believe being excited and nervous provided some extra pep for the first day. I was told not to do more than 10 miles for the first few days, but it wasn’t awful.

The weather was great and I met some cool people right off the bat. A 44 year old school teacher from Florida, a 23 year old dude from Kansas who just joined the military, a 39 year old ex army guy and some others.

Good times.