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 089 - Day Off at Bear Mountain Bridge (but staying at Fort Montgomery)

Day: 089

Date: Saturday, 22 July 2023

Start:  Bear Mountain Bridge (AT Mile 1410.4)

Finish:  Bear Mountain Bridge (AT Mile 1410.4)

Daily Kilometres:  0

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

Total Kilometres:  2357.5

Weather:  Warm and sunny.

Accommodation:  Motel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Breakfast sandwiches & hash browns

  Lunch:  American rolls

  Dinner:  Nachos/Chicken burger, ice-cream 

Aches:  Nothing to report.

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

A very relaxing day started with a long social breakfast at the motel's picnic table on a beautiful mild sunny morning with our French-Canadian thru-hiker friends who were delaying their return to the trail today for as long as possible.  Often joining in the conversation was the very "New York" motel owner who is very opinionated and certainly no fan of Joe Biden.  Having said that, he has been totally helpful to us, doing our laundry, picking us up from the trail and doing anything else he can to make our stay a good one.

In the afternoon, Dave spent his time on admin/email while Julie went for a walk/jog to check out the neighbourhood.  Later we had dinner at the BBQ joint across the road again.  We have both eaten too much today!

Back on the trail tomorrow.

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