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 050 - Bobblets Gap to Thunder Hill Shelter

Day: 050

Date: Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Start:  Bobblets Gap (AT Mile 749.1)

Finish:  Thunder Hill Shelter (AT Mile 772.5)

Daily Kilometres:  39.6 (Ascent 6801', Descent 5062')

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos

Total Kilometres:  1304.8

Weather:  Mild and mostly sunny.

Accommodation:  Tent 

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Pop tarts 

  Lunch:  Trail mix 

  Dinner:  Rice & chicken/Rehydrated meal

Aches:  Dave - very tired and small blister on right heel from new boots; Julie - nothing to report.

Highlight:  None really 

Lowlight:  The very long slog up Apple Orchard Mt (4203') in the afternoon was not rewarded with any reasonable views.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We were hiking by soon after 6:00am on a breezy cool morning.  The trail, after some easier ridge walking, descended through pleasant forest away from the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) and we didn't see it again until the evening.

Most of our day was spent in the "green tunnel" winding around the sides of mountains, descending to cross streams and then climbing back up.  There was some very nice hiking, but the hills were sweaty affairs.

We took our breakfast and lunch breaks at shelters (they have picnic tables) and our last break at Black Rock Overlook which had some great views to the west.

We didn't see so many hikers today, but did catch up with "Tassie" and later "Watermelon Man", both of whom we have seen a number of times before.

Generally, the trail was good underfoot and we covered plenty of miles today, yet still managed to finish by 6:30pm.  We are camped near a shelter in not a great spot, but didn't have too many choices.  There are about six other hikers in the shelter and camping nearby.

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