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 048 - Daleville Day Off

Day: 048

Date: Sunday, 11 June 2023

Start:  Daleville (AT Mile 730.3)

Finish:  Daleville (AT Mile 730.3)

Daily Kilometres:  0

Total Kilometres:  1233.0

Weather:  Warm, partly sunny and humid.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Omelette, hash browns & biscuit/Eggs, sausage & waffles.

  Lunch: Mexicali subs 

  Dinner:  Hamburger steak, beans & fries/BBQ basket, ice-cream.

Aches:  Nothing to report.

Highlight:  A quiet relaxing day after our long day yesterday.

Lowlight:  Discovering the local outdoor store, from which we planned to buy our freeze-dried food and some small gear items is not open on Sundays.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We slept in a bit, bit not so long.  Our body clocks are set to early rising, so we were at a nearby diner enjoying breakfast by soon after 8:00am.

Following that, Dave looked after the laundry while Julie walked the mile plus to a supermarket that advertised it stocked freeze-dried food, but didn't actually stock it, so we will be using some less-preferred dinners for the next leg.  Fortunately, it is only four days and three dinners of all goes to plan.

In the afternoon, Julie walked up to the motel where trail friend, Tassie, is staying for an afternoon drink.

Later, we returned to the nearby dinner for an early dinner, followed by an early night.

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