Mom's packing list with weights

We are 19 days from our start.  Tonight we laid out and weighed all items in mom's backpack.  Here are the items and weight.  Total Weight is 36 lbs 7 oz, that is with food and water

Inge’s Packing List
Gear	Item Weight
Backpack	4 lb 9 oz
Pack Rain Cover	4 oz
Sleeping Bag	3 lb 7 oz
Sleeping Pad	1 lb 4 oz
Sleep Liner	8 oz
Water Bottles w/ 1L water	2 lb 7 oz
Camel Back w/ 1L water	2 lb 11 oz
Gatorade Bottle	1 oz
Canteen Cup	8 oz
Spoon	1 oz
Trekking Poles	1 lb 7 oz
Watch	1 oz
Headlamp	3 oz
Carabineer	2 oz
Water Proof Bags	5 oz
Tent	5 lb 9 oz
Individual Clothing
Sun Hat	2 oz
Rain Jacket	6 oz
Rain Pants	4 oz
Down Jacket	1 lb
Gloves	1 oz
Stocking Hat	2 oz
Neck Gator	2 oz
T-shirt	2 oz
Pants/Zip-Off Shorts	11 oz
Hiking Socks	2 oz
Crocs	8 oz
Sleep Top	6 oz
Sleep Pants	4 oz
Sleep Socks	2 oz
Towel	5 oz
Underwear	1 oz
Sports Bra	2 oz
Toiletries/Misc Items
Baby Wipes	2 oz
Toilet Paper	3 oz
Toothbrush	0.4 oz
Hairbands	0.1 oz
Medicine	1 lb 2 oz
Journal	11 oz
Pencils	0.2 oz
Comb	1 oz
Chapstick	0.5 oz
Vaseline	3 oz
Night Gloves	1 oz
Camp Chair	1 lb 1 oz
Goggles and Case	2 oz
Sunglasses and Case	1 oz
Food Bag	2 oz
Food 7 days	5 lb 13 oz

PARTY!!!!!!!

We will be having an awesome send off party!!

Date:  Saturday 8 March 2014
Time:  2000hrs/8pm
Location:  Ilene's House, email me ilenemhenderson@gmail.com for the address/directions

Bring your favorite finger food, hors d'oeuvre, beverage to share!!

We look forward to celebrating our send-off with everyone!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy......

What a busy three weeks is has been.  We have been pretty busy getting the last of our equipment, ensuring things are organized and covered on the home front for when we are gone and keeping up with school and work.  I will be putting together a by item list of our equipment to share with everyone, in case you decide you want to embark on a thru-hike or join us along the way.

Need to Sell Motorcycle to Fund Hike

To help pay for our hike and raise funds for Stop Soldier Suicide I want to sell one of my motorcycles, 2005 Suzuki Boulevard S83 1300cc. Please pass the word.

-$4,500
-Garage Kept
-Female Owned
-15,128 miles
-regularly scheduled maintenance has been followed and is current in accordance with owners manual
-Passenger Backrest
-Luggage Rack
-Kuryakyn Iso Driver and Passenger foot pegs
-Kuryakyn Iso Handgrips
-Highway Bar with footpegs
-Throw-over Saddle bags with support brackets
-Memphis Shade Windshield

GNC Rocks!!!!

Received a whole bunch of goodies from GNC today. 4 boxes of protein bars and 2 cases of protein shake packets. GNC Rocks!!!! Brian has solicited support from numerous companies, but GNC is the only one that has come through. Go out and support your local GNC!!!!

GNC stepped up!!!!!

We received some great news today.  Mr Michael McDermot, Military Marketing Coordinator for GNC, replied to an inquiry and stated that GNC would love to help us out.  We are so thankful for GNC's support!!!  So get out there and support your local GNC!!

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