Julie and I are hiking the Appalachian Trail in the US from Springer Mt, Georgia, to Mt Katahdin, Maine, in the north, a distance of almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km). Our journey will start in early May 2023 and is expected to take about five months. We will be mostly camping, carrying 3-5 days of supplies to get us between resupply points, where we will be staying in hostels/hotels/motels where we can. I hiked the entire Appalachian Trail back in 1986 so it will be interesting to see how much has changed and how much it has stayed the same.

Appalachian Trail - Day 006 - Hiawassee Zero Day

Day: 006

Date: Sunday, 30 April 2023

Start:  Dick’s Creek Gap (AT Mile 69.2) but staying at Hiawassee

Finish:  Dick’s Creek Gap (AT Mile 69.2) but staying at Hiawassee

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her afternoon run

Total Kilometres:  119.3

Weather:  Raining early and mostly overcast, cool and windy for the rest of the day.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Big breakfast at Huddles diner

  Lunch:  Microwaved Chimichangas

  Dinner:  Chicken burger & chips, ice-cream

Aches:  None to speak of.

Highlight:  Our big breakfast at the Huddles diner where our waitress had hiked a part of the Appalachian Trail and wanted to head out tomorrow with us.  Lots of friendly banter between the staff in the busy diner.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We had a good sleep in and didn’t get up until after 8:00am having both slept well.

After some sorting, planning and admin we walked to the western end of town and the Huddles Diner (part of a chain) that was one of the few places open before 11am.  We both ordered up big, ate well,  and had a good chat with our waitress who had hiked all of the trail we have done so far.  She was very envious of us.

We returned to our room, finalised our plans for the next 12 days, including what food we needed to buy here and where we would resupply and then walked to the nearby outdoor gear store where we bought a few items we need plus our dehydrated food for the next four days.  Then it was across the road to the large town supermarket to buy the rest of our supplies.

On our way back to our room we bought some lunch and then the afternoon was mostly spent on packing and admin, though Julie did manage to find the energy to go for a short sightseeing run around town.

It has been a restful day and we look forward to getting back on the trail tomorrow. 

Wireless access at the right time has been a problem for posting blog updates more frequently so far, but a different method will be trialled in the next few days to see if we can do better.

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2 comments:

  1. Tracey PassApril 30, 2023 at 8:25 PM

    mmm town food sounds like you had some great meals

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  2. AnonymousMay 1, 2023 at 8:37 AM

    You two are an inspiration - JR

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