Together, man.

Here we are. 3 days away.  THREE.  Besides "where do you sleep?" and "what do you eat?" the next most frequent question we get is "Who is going with you?" Answer: no one.  We are going together. We come as a pair, you know. 😊 But other than us...there will over 1,000 other hikers on the trail at various locations when we get started and over 1,000 yet to begin their thru-hike. We don't personally know any other AT thru hikers but have joined online communities through Facebook, met other hikers through Instagram and have been introduced to other previous thru-hikers by some really great people. Plus (and probably the best part) we will meet so many great people out on the trail.  At this point we are pacing. We are eager to get started but feel like there is something else we need to be doing to prepare. We bought a bunch of food today and packed a few drop boxes to ship to ourselves in the first few weeks as we learn what we need and what is not worth carrying. We also displayed it all on the tailgate at the dollar general because well we are rednecks and we had nothing else to do.  We really need to be walking somewhere. PS: THANK YOU ALL for your inquiries about sending us packages. Once we get on the trail, we will be posting our location and the next stops and addresses where we can pick up mail or packages. If you do send us something please comment on the post so we will make sure to stop by the post office that is holding our package.