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Snickers and several thru-hikers met a volunteer named Scott doing some trail maintenance. He took these pictures and e-mailed them to us.
Snickers and 2nd Degree (she's a chemistry teacher)
Spaceman
and Snickers
We spent Easter weekend with Snickers, Nets and several other thru-hikers at Damascus. They've now finished 450 miles of the trail.
Hostel
for AT hikers in Damascus
R&R
at the hostel, Greybeard is on the right
A
candy bar message for Nets
Snickers
shows his new pack to Dad and brother Dan
It's
Snickers the Easter bunny!
Nets
answers some trail mail
All
the family watches as Dan and Snickers work on a new tarp-and-hiking-poles
shelter design to replace the tent (shaves a few more pounds off the pack
weight)
Family dinner with the hikers in Damascus
Snickers
plays checkers with cousin Chris
Snickers
juggles with brother Will
Snickers
and Nets
Snickers and Nets are at the Mt. Rogers Visitors Center today. They're delighted to find that the shelter nearby has a shower and pizza delivery -- things they no longer take for granted!
Snickers, Nets and Graybeard at Chestnut Knob Shelter.
Snickers and Nets are in Bland, VA today. They say the weather is beautiful and they've been hiking about 20 miles per day lately. Nets says "I never really noticed Spring until this year -- the flowers, new leaves on the trees, warm weather -- it all looks different and so good to me this year!"
Snickers, Nets and Greybeard were treated to a home-cooked steak dinner today by Don and Ben McQueen, friends of Snickers. They drove from Marietta, GA to meet them in Pearisburg and hiked a few miles of the trail. Ben is an experienced thru-hiker having completed the trail in 1997.
Snickers called from Catawba, VA tonight. He's been hiking with Avlo today. Nets and Ernest P. spent this past weekend with the Wayne Coleman family in Blacksburg, VA. They've finished 670 miles of the trail -- almost one-third of the way!
-- Joyce Howard
Snickers and Avlo stayed in Troutville, VA last night and are back on the trail again. Snickers hiked 25 miles yesterday, a record for him.
Snickers, Nets and Two Step are at Rusty's hikers' hostel in Waynesboro, VA today. They've finished 839 miles of the trail now.
We (Nets' parents) picked up Ernest P. at VA Highway 46 at Sinking Creek Gap. Then we picked up Nets and Snickers at mile marker 78 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We drove to a cottage at Shenandoah Acres Resort. On Saturday they played backyard soccer and watched a movie while we went on the Skyline Drive. Later we all had several games of volleyball together.
On Sunday Ernest P. and Rachel dropped off everyone else for a 7 mile hike from marker 78 to 71 on Blue Ridge. They met us at the end with packs and Nets and Snickers continued on the trail from there. Ernest went back to Sinking Creek Gap.
-- Bonnie Raby (Nets' mom)
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