stove top stuffing makes good backpacking food

hello from Boone, NC

damascus to hampton to KINCORA to Boone to Erwin to Hot Springs to Smoky Mountains and beyond <423 miles to go.

Thanksgiving at KINCORA? Otto offerend to slack pack us to Roan Mountain/19E. Hike the Roan highlands next day after turkey dinner.... should hit davenport gap <north entrance of Smoky Mountains> by next friday... it's gonna be cold, looking forward to fireplaces in shelters, not the swarm of hungry black bears.

In 1991, Virginia Tech learned that William Addison "Add" Caldwell tramped 26 to 28 miles across two mountains to reportedly become the first student of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC, today's Virginia Tech) 

Add grew up near the Appalachian Trail's crossing in Craig valley outside of Blacksburg, VA.



 brush mountain / craig valley

Abscission (from the Latin ab meaning away and scindere meaning to cut) is a term used in several areas of biology. In plant sciences it most commonly refers to the process by which a plant drops one or more of its parts, such as a leaf, fruit, flower or seed. 

 Tag running the ridge

falling leaf frozen in motion

coach sittin on the fence