Christmas on the trail...

[tjkenney67]

Just wondering if anyone else will be spending Christmas on the trail??

I'm planning to do Springer to Unicoi Gap during the holiday. Having trouble finding a freeze dreid turkey for one though... LOL. Happy Holidays!!

[LIhikers]

Cook and then freeze a regular turkey. Put the amount of meat you'd want for a meal into a freezer bag before putting it into the freezer.
It'll keep for a while in your pack this time of year.
Then when your ready to eat it heat it up using the freezer bag method. My wife and I did a whole Thanksgiving meal that way a few years back and it worked out well.

[Dogwood]

I've spent more than one Christmas, a couple of Thanksgivings, a few New Year's Eves and Days, and far too many Fourth of July's to recall on a trail, on a summit, in the back country woods, in remote sections of deserts, on lava fields, and on beaches. The different perspectives that can be experienced on the trail or in the outdoors when thinking and living outside the traditional seasonal "this is the way it's usually done" box is a great asset in my mind. It's a main reason why I seek off trail, liittle used trails, l or out of season treks and experiences.

As I realized long ago when I was still a child and as Santa Claus said in MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, "Christmas isn't about a day it's a state of mind." We can live everyday with the BEST that Christmas can be!

[Drybones]

If the weather's nice I'll stay home, if it's nasty I'll be on the trail, spent last Christmas on the Pinhoti with the wife with a heavy snow fall and 20 degree weather, perfect Christmas weather, the wife really enjoyed it too (surprise!), she did make me get up and make coffee before she got out of a warm sleeping bag.

[The Cleaner]

If I can get rid of some back pain issues I'll go up to Jerry's Cabin shelter to clean up after the bear hunters.Since there is an inside fireplace maybe Santa will stop by....

[Lone Wolf]

i'm goin' to a chinese buffet on xmas

[Frog]

Not Christmas but will be out for new years. Have been out on a trail some where on new years since 1976

[daddytwosticks]

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I'll be with family. I am planning a day hike for sometime the weekend before. Have a great hike.

[max patch]

If the weather's nice I'll stay home, if it's nasty I'll be on the trail.

My plans are exactly the opposite of yours.

[Dogwood]

i'm goin' to a chinese buffet on xmas

Perhaps, you'll go to the same Chinese Restaurant and enjoy the same type of singing performed by the same Chinese Restaurant staff as depicted in A CHRISTMAS STORY. LOL Fa ra ra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46WcFObgYhI

[Drybones]

i'm goin' to a chinese buffet on xmas

Didn't realize they served freeze dried food...but that's a thought, dehydrated General Tso's, might try that.

[Mountain Mojo]

I'll be on it somewhere between Partnership and Damascus... Happy Yule!

[Different Socks]

Not this year, or the next or the next or the next. But I will be on the Florida trail for X-mas 2015, then the AT for 2016.

[wcgornto]

On Christmas day I begin a seven day trek to the 19,300 foot summit of Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador.

[wcgornto]

Just wondering if anyone else will be spending Christmas on the trail??

I'm planning to do Springer to Unicoi Gap during the holiday. Having trouble finding a freeze dreid turkey for one though... LOL. Happy Holidays!!

Mountain House Turkey Tetrazzini

[joshuasdad]

Will be somewhere between Erwin and Damascus section hiking. May be a short (10 mi) day though.

[perrymk]

Freeze dried turkey, freeze dried ham, whatever your carnivorous heart desires.

http://beprepared.com/category.asp_Q_c_E_66_A_Freeze+Dried+Meats_E_

I'll point out I only recently placed my first order and have not yet received it (mixed veggies for this vegetarian) but a co-worker has ordered from them a number of times and is happy with the products and service.

[V Eight]

Not hiking on Christmas. If the weather is not horrible, I should be out at Morrow mountain SP
this weekend, Fri and Sat for 1 or 2 nights. On New Years again if the weather is not horrible,
I will be somewhere close to Charlotte, NC.. Last year, I saw Fireworks from the summit
of Morrow Mountain at midnight. That was cool. Maybe this year I will go to one of the other
State Parks. They are all virtually deserted for the next 3 months.

This year both my kids will be home for Christmas, so I will stay pretty close so I can
see them.

[Seatbelt]

The plan right now is to be on the AT in the Smok Mtns starting day after Christmas.

[Seatbelt]

That would be "Smoky"