Upcoming presentations in Minnesota

 As usual, I am up to no good!  The following presentations are happening in Minnesota:

Thursday, March 13 at 6:30pm - Hiking the Great Eastern Trail at Moose Lake Elementary School

Thursday, April 10 at 7:00pm - Introduction to Backpacking at Moose Lake Elementary School 

Thursday April 17 (apparently I like Thursdays) at 7:00pm - Hiking the Great Eastern Trail at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis. (Expedition Room)

Saturday, May 3, afternoon - Planning an Overnight on the Superior Hiking Trail &

Hiking the Great Eastern Trail at the Superior Hiking Trail Annual Meeting, Wolf Ridge ELC.

(THIS IS AN AWESOME EVENT.)

More news coming soon. . . including news about the next GET hiker heading to Flagg Mountain!

-Jo

Guides Page

I've been working on a list of resources that Bart and I used to hike the GET.  This list can now be found on the Guides Page.  It is still a work in progress, but it should help future hikers see what resources are available.  Feel free to contact me with additional links, corrections, etc.  Thanks!

-Jo

The next thruhikers

Bart and I are amazed that it has been over a year since we set off on our journey.   There are two hikers about to set off on their own Great Eastern Trail adventure: Gramps and Taylor.  Hiking the Loop will showcase their experiences - check it out.  They leave on February 1.

Best of luck, Taylor and Gramps!  Your lives are about to change forever. :)

Slideshow

Hi friends!  I've finally put together a slideshow about the places we saw on the hike.  Enjoy! 

-Jo

Warrior Nation!

Life since the trail

The northern terminus with a list of people who helped us along the way...

Hiking the Great Eastern Trail was a life-changing experience for both of us.

We are continually reminded of all the help we received and the friends we made along the way.  The people are what made this trip everything it could be, and we can never thank you enough for being part of the journey.

Since we finished the trail, Bart has started work as an athletic trainer and his team is having a great season.  Jo has been in Minnesota helping her parents with some projects and is doing a lot of writing.

We will be at ALDHA's The Gathering this weekend, presenting on our hike at 3PM on Saturday.  More information: http://www.aldha.org/gathering.html

We hope our paths will cross with all of you in the near future.  Thanks to all, from the bottoms of our hearts and boot soles.

Heading home

No we didn't walk back! Three wonderful people helped get us home. Pat Monahan from NY(no not the city) took us to Duncannon PA where we ate lunch at the famous Doyle Hotel with(thanks for lunch) Pete Fleszar who traveled us to Morgantown WV(not before dumping us out of his convertible to hike a section of the GET West Route) (glad he thought it was a good idea) to Peggy Pings where we indulged in burgers, salad and potatoes before leaving to the Center Of The Universe!(My back porch Mullens WV!) sorry no squirrel gravy Peggy was walkin not huntin this year!

Northern Terminus

We made it! Posing at the northern terminus of the GET. Thanks to all that helped along the way- trail volunteers (trails don't build themselves )- people who followed us on our blog and our feet, backs, legs and other body parts for putting up with our constant abuse.
Stay tuned for further updated pics, wit and wisdom now that we will be around computers.
HillBillyBart & Someday

End of a journey

Lots of views and cool trail people gave us a nice warm hug to end our journey!

Final lunch

Our last lunch alone. Fitting!

4 miles left

4 miles to go WhewHooo! I hope there are fire trucks and jugglers on unicycles awaiting us!

Huff and Puff

An appropriate trail name for todays start of our end journey!

1 barn, 2 non-barns

Pat out with us today hiking through fields covered atop clouds of bliss.
HillBillyBart

2 barns, 1 non-barn

Today was a hikers delight on the Crystal Hills Trail.
HillBillBart

Crystal waters on Crystal Hills

Pat Monahan hiked 15.1 of our 21.1 mile day. His dogs hiked 30 miles! Could not ask for better company. They have a wonderful trail with lots of years putting it together.-HBB