5-17-2012 All Smiles

I had a few minutes last night to get on the computer and look at the Ky Heartwood site...you guys have done a really great job.  I had the rest of the guys look at the site and we got a kick out of the picture.  We got a good  laugh.  

Today we leave Daleville and head toward the SNP thru the Blue Ridge range.  Resupply is limited in this area and the weather is heating up.  We  have been treated like royalty here by Joe and Dianne and all we could do was mow the yard for them and  pick some mulberries.  Dianne is cooking breakfast right now and we are getting stuff together to leave.  I guess we'll do about  20 miles today and same tomorrow.  I loved this area and look forward to the next section.  I hope that the word gets out about the fund raising aspect of this walk.  I'd love to see some heightened interest in the constant battle for  protecting these areas.  The AT is a traverse thru such a variety of landscapes and we can consider ourselves lucky to have 2,000 miles of trail which passes through these eastern forests.  I can see the evidence of damage though.  We often see the world  outside the linear path of the AT and it serves as a reminder that we have so much more to do.  I love you all and am now being reminded by all of the fellows who I am traveling with that if funds are raised, and if the amount is substantial, they expect a cut.  I think they are kidding but we'll have to see how much is raised first.