Adventure Empires

It has been quite a while since I've posted anything about backpacking. However, I'm back in backpacking mode again and just completed an 11.3 mile section of the Pinhoti trail here in AL. I know some of you guys do that in half a day, but for my nephew and I - it was quite the adventure. Here's a link to the route guide that we followed for the trip: http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/006-tg.html Friday night, due to Kevin's schedule, we weren't able to arrive at the trail head until around 8:15pm. The low (according to the news) was supposed to be 19F, however I suspect it was a smidgen lower than that up on the mountain. I also suspect I may get shamed for night time hiking, but I must say there's a certain rush to it. The stars and our headlamps lit the way. We hiked about 3 miles to the first fire ring of the section. First things first, we started a fire. ...and of course - checked the cell phones to see if we had enough signal to let my wi