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What an interesting weekend. My wife and I just finished a whirlwind 30 hr trip accompanying my son Bryan to Springer Mountain and the start of AT.
Flew down Saturday afternoon, landed in the hotel at 8:30 pm. Early start on Sunday morning. Drove rental to Springer Mtn and back to the airport for a 7:00 pm flight...
In order to be able to be with him on springer, we needed to take rough forest roads to a parking lot .9 mi from springer. This hike would be a nice short jaunt for my wife and I that allows for making out flight home. This actually meant my son bryan would be backtracking to summit and returning to the parking lot and moving on from there. IT was a gentle .9 mile hike and 86 degrees at the summit! with some flies to boot...
After checking in on the summit we were now officially hiking with Bryan on his first mile of the trek...As I was hiking with him, I found myself reflecting on all the hikes we did together throughout his childhood...and how my wife and I introduced Bryan to the woods and trails at a very early age...6 I think...and how he continued to love hiking the whites....and now the AT
After 2 years of college, he approached me about hiking the AT and taking a break...He certainly asked the wrong guy if he was worried about a NO answer! Mom was on board knowing it would be the experience of a lifetime..and we'd figure things out when he gets back
As we decended Springer into the parking lot and onto the restart of the trail, I told him what this will mean to him.... not only now, but in future years to come. It felt surreal standing there at the trailhead...at a place I have dreamed of hiking from for a long time...As he waved and walked away, my legs,my feet, and my heart were aching to follow him.....d***ed job...
If interested in following his progress he will be entering info where possible to the following site....www.trailjournals.com/bryanmc
It'll prob be a few weeks before he starts entering again..
Anyway...just wanted to share...here's some pix...
Up Springer
Checking in on Springer
Wish I was going
First Blaze
See you in Maine!
What an interesting weekend. My wife and I just finished a whirlwind 30 hr trip accompanying my son Bryan to Springer Mountain and the start of AT.
Flew down Saturday afternoon, landed in the hotel at 8:30 pm. Early start on Sunday morning. Drove rental to Springer Mtn and back to the airport for a 7:00 pm flight...
In order to be able to be with him on springer, we needed to take rough forest roads to a parking lot .9 mi from springer. This hike would be a nice short jaunt for my wife and I that allows for making out flight home. This actually meant my son bryan would be backtracking to summit and returning to the parking lot and moving on from there. IT was a gentle .9 mile hike and 86 degrees at the summit! with some flies to boot...
After checking in on the summit we were now officially hiking with Bryan on his first mile of the trek...As I was hiking with him, I found myself reflecting on all the hikes we did together throughout his childhood...and how my wife and I introduced Bryan to the woods and trails at a very early age...6 I think...and how he continued to love hiking the whites....and now the AT
After 2 years of college, he approached me about hiking the AT and taking a break...He certainly asked the wrong guy if he was worried about a NO answer! Mom was on board knowing it would be the experience of a lifetime..and we'd figure things out when he gets back
As we decended Springer into the parking lot and onto the restart of the trail, I told him what this will mean to him.... not only now, but in future years to come. It felt surreal standing there at the trailhead...at a place I have dreamed of hiking from for a long time...As he waved and walked away, my legs,my feet, and my heart were aching to follow him.....d***ed job...
If interested in following his progress he will be entering info where possible to the following site....www.trailjournals.com/bryanmc
It'll prob be a few weeks before he starts entering again..
Anyway...just wanted to share...here's some pix...
Up Springer
Checking in on Springer
Wish I was going
First Blaze
See you in Maine!
That is great. Good for him. I will definitely be following him on Trail Journals. No trail name yet? It looks like he's off with I nice compact pack. Best wishes for bright skies, lots of trail magic, and an injuryless trip. Thanks for posting. I hope if you head back to meet him anywhere along the way, you will post again.
