It's not all wilderness.

One of the things that makes the Appalachian Trail interesting is the fact that it is not all remote wilderness.  You hike through small towns, farm pastures, orchards, and backyards.  One day you are enjoying the solitude of a mountain top and the next you are crossing beneath an interstate highway.  Granted, most of the trail winds through national forests and follows mountain ridges, but there are the occasional brushes with civilization.


Follow the White Blaze!

Wild Appalachian Cows........ OK, just cows.



Crossing a mountain river.

The Trail becomes a sidewalk in Hot Springs North Carolina.

Here are the numbers for those who are keeping up with Silas.


3 out of the 14 states he will pass through are now behind him, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Silas has begun the long trek through Virginia.
478.5 miles walked
Silas has logged several +18 mile days.
11.89 mile daily average after 41 days on the trail.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain