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 015 - Zero (miles) day in Gatlinburg

Day: 015

Date: Tuesday, 09 May 2023

Start:  Newfound Gap (AT Mile 207.7) but staying at Gatlinburg

Finish:  Newfound Gap (AT Mile 207.7) but staying at Gatlinburg

Daily Kilometres:  0

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her walk around town today.

Total Kilometres:  351.6

Weather:  Rain overnight, then warm and mostly sunny.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Motel buffet breakfast - cereal, sausages & eggs, waffles.

  Lunch:  Ham & cheese sandwich/Turkey & cheese sandwich

  Dinner:  Salad & pizza, milkshake

Aches:  Nothing to report

Highlight:  For Dave, a quiet day catching up on admin and resting his body.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: Click here (courtesy of Julie)

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We had a good night’s sleep and didn’t get up until 7:30am.  Around 8:30am we walked down to the motel dining room and enjoyed the hot buffet breakfast included with the price of our room.  It wasn’t spectacular, but good enough and we’ll be going there again tomorrow morning before heading back to the trail.


The rest of the day involved planning supplies and resupply for the next week or so, then Julie going to buy the supplies and walk around town while Dave endured a hard day catching up on various admin with the TV going in the background.

We spent some time trying to find a shuttle ride back to the trail early tomorrow without success, so will try the same process we used in Hiawassee, call for an Uber as we finish breakfast and, if none is forthcoming (Uber says it has “limited availability”), then hope we can hitch a ride from somewhere on the edge of town.


In the evening we walked down to a nearby all-you-can-eat pizza restaurant for dinner followed by a milkshake.


We’ve enjoyed our day off in Gatlinburg.  It’s a bit kitsch and glitzy, but is also neat and tidy.
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