Leaving Friday for Georgia!

Moved out of our apartment, cleaned up, and got everything turned back over to the land lord. Officially homeless! We will be crashing at my sister's empty house that she has up for sale until we leave. Thursday we will be putting the finishing touches on gear, back country permits for the Smokey Mountains, doing my taxes (whoops), and stocking up on food....and of course, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Gary from Illinois!! Friday morning we will load up Cody's parents car, say our goodbyes and head toward Blairsville Georgia. Saturday we are meeting the Warrior Hike guys and girls. Cody and Gary will be getting their gear and will be learning how to use it/practice setting it up, tearing it down, etc. Saturday night we will be staying in cabins with the Warrior Hikers and we will be having a cookout to get to know everyone. Sunday will be day one, hiking the approach trail (Amicola Falls) which leads to Springer Mountain where the AT starts. We've got a busy six months ahead of us...I am hoping to be able to keep this updated along the way, but can't make any promises. I am no blogger by any means, but a few people expressed interest in staying up to date on our trip so here we are.