We made it! Yes, we walked 174.5 miles from the south end of Great Smoky Mountains National Park across the Fontana Dam, dozens of peaks and gaps, the border into Georgia, and past the famed Amicalola Falls to the parking lot where we had left our car 20 days ago.

We were blessed with cool to chilly spring weather, an abundance of wildflowers, good company, and good health along the way. We regreted stopping because our bodies are now wonderfully conditioned for backpacking. We hope to keep them that way through this year as we try to finish the A.T. across the Smoky Mountains and to Hot Springs.

We are now on the go again to New Jersey to visit our children and then stop at York to visit there and recover clothes and other personal items for our stay in Sylva, NC. We will be back there for Memorial Day.

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement.

Chuck & Anne