Making a List, and Checking it Twice....

Christmas, and our hike, are just around the corner.  Only 83 days left until we set out on our trek north from Georgia to Maine.  Like Santa, my mom and I spent this evening laying out our equipment, refining our packing list and compiling a need to purchase list.

We used the packing list from "Appalachian Trials" by Zach Davis as our primary reference.  We weighed moms pack tonight and it came in at 22 lbs, which is right on target as we want to keep our packs around 25 lbs.

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and we will chat with you soon!!

Ilene and Inge