Super Hiker Woman (Trying Anyway)

Day 3-More Bushwhacking  Realizing we would probably need all the daylight we could get, as we were supposed to go 9.25 miles, we got an earlier start. I woke Annette at 6:00, even though she said she needed her beauty sleep. We were on the trail shortly after 7:00. Sadly, we were not on the trail for long. Every time we would find some trail, we would get all excited, thinking it would be smooth sailing, only to lose the trail again (and by lose it, I mean the trail would vanish).  We ended up finding some trail where we crossed the White River. According to the app map, we would cross the river three times. After we crossed the river, the map showed the trail going up away from the river, then coming back to the river. Only, of course, there was no actual trail, and it pretty much went straight up. We climbed up, then sort of traversed across through thorny bushes and small ravines, all the while checking to make sure we were still on the non-existent trail. When we got back...

Prologue  Welcome to my blog about my hiking/backpacking. I thought about just using my Super Biker Woman blog, but, for obvious reasons, it didn’t seem to fit. You might be saying...what???? hiking??? backpacking??? What about bike touring??? Never fear, I will continue to travel on my bike (and already did a month long tour this summer which you can read about at www.superbikerwoman.blogspot.com). Anyway, when I got back from Australia last summer, I decided it was time for a new challenge. I saw a video of a family of 8 (6 kids, mom and dad) who were thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. I thought to myself, if they could do it, maybe I could too). New challenge found! You would think I would, with all the camping I do while bike touring, that I would have all the equipment except a backpack. And, while you would be correct, that equipment was not purchased with the idea of carrying it on my back. It’s great equipment, but not the lightest in weight. Part of the new challenge was r...