Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Mary Parry’s eyes got a little misty Wednesday night as members of the Duncannon Fire Department used high-powered, hydraulic speedway cutters and the Jaws of Life to dissect her 1984 Dodge Diplomat. Read the rest…

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GARDNERS, Pa.
The nation’s most famous hiking trail will soon have a museum to house its artifacts and tell its story.

The Appalachian Trail Museum will open June 5 in a 200-year-old grist mill at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, about two hours north of Baltimore and just two miles from the halfway point of the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail. Read the rest…

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Funny stuff!

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By Ajla Glavasevic

Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia is something that most people would never dream of doing. Elizabeth Zane is not one of those people. Read the rest…

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Ron Haven runs a free shuttle from Hiawassee Inn that leaves 8:30am going to Unicoi by 9:00 and Dick Gap by 9:30 7 days a week. Don’t forget Ron’s other motels in Franklin, NC.

http://havensbudgetinn.com/

http://thesapphireinn.com/

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By Marla Dalrymple
Staff Writer

The Town of Franklin has received designation as an Appalachian Trail Community. A proclamation will be signed declaring Franklin the first Southern Region Appalachian Trail Community on Tuesday, Mar. 23.

Hikers are already beginning to trickle into Franklin as they make their way along the Appalachian Trail. Now, with the town’s designation as an Appalachian Tail Community, more people will realize Franklin’s close proximity to the trail and the town’s willingness to accommodate hikers. Read the rest…

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Mike Hanson plans to hike the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail end to end, without ever seeing the ground under his feet.

On Monday in Georgia, the St. Louis Park, Minn., man – who lost his sight at birth – is slated to start his seven-month trek to Maine, navigating by GPS. He has mastered its use by cell phone and trusts global positioning technology to steer his every step. Read the rest…

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9:00 am GATC –
Caretakers of the Georgia section of the AT, learn what they do and how they do it!
10:00 am Gene Espy-
the second man to thru-hike the AT in 1951 faced different challenges than today’s hikers. Author of The Trail of my Life, the legendary hiker shares his stories of the “Government Trail”.
11:00 am J.R. Tate-
“Model T”, author of the amusing Walkin’ on the Happy Side of Misery, and Walkin’ With the Ghost Whisperers shares his tales about interesting places on or near the Trail. Read the rest…

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For years I’ve seen hikers try to hike into town from Unicoi Gap. It is a narrow road going either direction. And, once you start hiking the road, there’s no changing your mind because there is no safe place for a car to pull over for you. Here are 2 videos of a portion of the ride to town. Going north you are skipping ahead to Hiawassee and going south you are headed to the tourist town of Helen. It is easy to hitch a ride to town if you are waiting near where the trail hits the road.

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Here’s a quick video I made at Unicoi Gap. It was taken today. Notice the snow on the ground and quite a few cars in the parking lot for this time of the year. Always be careful crossing the road. Hitching a ride to town is easy here.

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