Month: June 2011

This is Andrew’s dad, coming to you after one day of hiking.  To echo Andrew’s first blog – this is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.  I have a much better understanding of what Andrew has endured the past 2 months — and I only covered 4.4 miles twice…we estimate maybe 4 hours… Continue reading 8.8 Miles – In the Middle

Grandma Howard and Alex Rowan – thanks for the letters. It took me forever to get out of Daleville.  The 2-mile round trip to the post office didn’t help (I did get my replacement camera battery, though).  Also, I kept remembering one more thing I had to do before I left town.  Acquiring stove fuel… Continue reading 854.0 miles in

Andrew Howard C/O General Delivery Waynesboro, VA 22980 Please hold for AT hiker ETA: June 15, 2011 Thanks to Aunt Jennifer and Sheila for the greeting cards at every stop.  I actually never got around to visiting the post office at Roan Mountain, but I had all my mail forwarded to Daleville so I got… Continue reading Next mail drop