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4.5 miles to Wind Rock, VA

10-12 miles is a good average for them. They are so much fun.

Jack Russells are perfect long distance hiking dogs. I have two. They are sweet, loyal, loveable, and have the energy to go all day, but I do experience some listening problems. If they are off...

Business is Business, and although your boss is probably a wonderful person, I'd be checking in periodically to make sure he/she remembers who you are. I'd be thrilled at this news too, but just...

The Military is hiring. From what I remember, they spend lots of time outside. And, after 3 years of that, getting hired through USAJOBS becomes a lot easier. But, if you are anything like my...

Your number 1 possibility was part of my first smokies hike, and still one of my favorites. The entire hike is just beautiful. Site 36 has always been my favorite since I enjoy the sounds of creek...

I've been reading a blog that I picked up on here a few years ago, http://www.kenilgunas.com/, and today he has posted about his preparations for a 2000 mile multi country North American hike that no...

I'd look at the trails in the Smoky Mountains. There's lots of trails for loops that include the AT AND fishing. It's my favorite place for just those things.

This guy and his family have done it for a good long while. http://driftersgila.blogspot.com/ He has other stories you can link to also. It's not a completely hiking lifestyle, but hiking is a...

I was there a couple of months ago. There is a sign that says not to go off on the path to right, but people were doing it anyway. I went over at looked, and the people in front of us just climbed...

Are you going to have a time limit? Seems most thru hikers have a time limit and try to hike big miles, hence the reason for light weight, but....if you don't have a time limit, then a big pack with...

Have you considered a kindle. You could have as many wild food books on there as want along with many others. Samual Thayer writes two of the best foraging books if you want to take a look. Also,...

Ladytrekker, I currently use an Ariel also, and I have been wanting to make the plunge and order me a ULA Circuit because of all the good things I hear about it, but the word "ultralight" keeps me...

If you think nightime noises may scare her a little, camping next to a stream blocks out the critter noises pretty well.

I had planned this same exact hike a couple of times, and site 29 seems to close quite often. I'd keep an eye on that one if site 29 is in your plans.

Same thing happened to me last weekend with the same gloves. My fingers felt frozen just 5 minutes into my walk. I thought they would warm up after a bit, but they never did. I was so disappointed.

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I always spend a little part of my day dreaming of a better place to live than the ugly, contaminated place that I currently live in Western Ky. There are very little trails, no...

A friend of mine and I were hiking for a week in the Smokies, and her birthday fell in the middle of that week. I hid away two hostess cupcakes in my pack for two days without crushing them, and...

Thanks mostly to Tipi Walter's trip reports, we're taking 4 days to check out the Slickrock Wilderness. Should be fun.

I didn't think it was too difficult, but then I'm a stop and smell all the roses kind of hiker, so I stop a lot. I thought all the campsites were nice along Forney Creek, better than #70.

I quite enjoy the Forney Creek Trail starting at the Clingman's Dome Parking lot, camping at #71, and then back up the Forney Ridge Trail.

I wasn't sure about buying my Canon that took AAs because of all the bad reviews about the batteries dying so fast. I went ahead and bought it anyway and took the advice on here about using the...

It's an SX120IS

This is exactly what I did, and this is what I learned: Stabilation is important because I had to delete many great pictures because of all the blur due to not keeping the camera perfectly still. ...

There hasn't been one time that I haven't seen someone in the backcountry with a dog in the Smokies. Mostly day hikers, but there was one backpacker that was camped out on the Forney Creek trail...